- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being Quotes
On identity, openness and staying true to yourself.
This set of quotes explores what it means to simply be: holding onto a child's spontaneity, embracing honesty that feels inappropriate in creative work, or aging with flexibility instead of resistance. For more on self-belief, see our Able quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved Woody Allen's short pieces. I was equally influenced by Woody Allen and Norman Mailer. I was very into this idea of being high-low, of being serious and intellectual but also making really broad jokes.
- Essayist
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was a challenge for me to do a plot because I'd been an essayist and a journalist. I had to be vigilant about moving things along and being entertaining.
- Sometimes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes it's a little bit like being a politician. We have work to do in understanding our users' sentiments.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was just used to being in shape, and getting out of it was really difficult for me.
- Desire
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- Nov 07, 2020
Make sure your desire to do what you're aspiring to do is deeper than just fame and being a celebrity.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pretty isn't the only thing that matters - being smart and kind matters more, of course - but all daughters should hear from their moms that they look pretty once in a while.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a politician murders his mother, the first response of the press or of his opponents will likely be not that it was a terrible thing to do, but rather that in a statement made six years before he had gone on record as being opposed to matricide.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a caregiver for your child is part of the job description of being a mammal.
- Artist
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a tremendous amount to be gained from being a performer, and being an artist, and being an actor.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the best things my mother passed on to me was being an efficient multitasker.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're used to being prepared to reject conventional wisdom, it leaves you open to learn more.
- Doctor
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- Nov 07, 2020
Comedy is free therapy. And if it's done well, the audience and the comic take turns being the doctor as well as the patient.
- America
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- Nov 07, 2020
Comedy comes from tragedy, and being Iranian in America from 1979 on had been quite tragic. In stand-up comedy, I was able to take the reality and exaggerate it.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020