- Great
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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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I reckoned my accent and class would count against me; I didn't see actresses as being working-class.
- Harassed
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm accustomed to being harassed.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sleeping and being asleep is one of my favorite activities. Really, what I wanted to do is provide a landscape or a musical place where people could fall asleep.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up with the movies of Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire and Judy Garland - these are the kinds of shows and the kinds of numbers in shows that I dreamed of being in and doing when I was a kid.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
All the analysis of infinite reality which the finite human mind can conduct rests on the tacit assumption that only a finite portion of this reality constitutes the object of scientific investigation, and that only it is 'important' in the sense of being 'worthy of being known.'
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
As money, Bitcoin achieves two objectives; it's both a unit of transaction as well as being a store of value. The U.S. dollar, for example, is a unit of transaction, but it is not a store of value.
- Dream
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- Nov 07, 2020
A politician wouldn't dream of being allowed to call a columnist the things a columnist is allowed to call a politician.
- Nov 07, 2020
Facebook and Myspace are the U.S. audience, which is tried and true when it comes to being susceptible to ads.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
The producer should decide what kind of music is being made, what it's going to sound like - all of it: the why, when, and how.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having two kids is like having 1000. It's just scheduling, moving around, being mobile.
- Ascend
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- Nov 07, 2020