- Good
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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 being on stage with heroes of mine, like Gregg Edelman and Jimmy Walton, and the lovely Chita Rivera and Stephanie J. Block.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Look at Greg Jbara! I've watched him work for years, always switching. He's literally a different human being when he's onstage in 'Billy Elliot.' That's the fun of what we do.
- Confused
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- Nov 07, 2020
My pitching in 'Dazed and Confused' was so bad that they had to use cut-ins with a stunt double, and I spent most of that filming night being ruthlessly mocked by a team of Little League extras.
- Ensure
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was necessary to bluff the Japanese camp commanders, with whatever authority I could muster, that I had come officially to ensure that the surrender terms were being complied with and that living conditions for the POWs were being immediately improved.
- Easy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obviously, getting to United isn't easy, so not being given a chance is hard to take.
- Relative
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- Nov 07, 2020
The relative illiquidity of small-company shares - which often contributes to their being undervalued - also increases their volatility.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
My portfolio consists of many companies I find fundamentally undervalued in which I expect activism to play a role in the value being realised.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being known doesn't get you anywhere; it just makes the bar and the expectations higher, especially if the venue wants to charge a certain ticket price because you're known. So people are like, 'I paid $60 to see you, and you're on TV'.
- Nov 07, 2020
Being on the plane is my catch-up time. I write thank-you notes. I read. I write stand-up jokes.
- Franklin
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being around people like Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack, all these greats, I was taught to listen and observe.
- Duck
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- Nov 07, 2020
Love the show 'Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.' Being from Louisiana and a big outdoorsman, I'm a big fan of 'Duck Dynasty' as well.
- Imagination
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an actor, you always want to reach back to being a child and having the spontaneity and the imagination of a child.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
Aging gracefully means being flexible, being open, allowing change, enjoying change and loving yourself.
- Acting
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- Nov 07, 2020