- 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
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- Nov 07, 2020
Presence is more than just being there.
- Doors
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fact of being an underdog changes people in ways that we often fail to appreciate. It opens doors and creates opportunities and enlightens and permits things that might otherwise have seemed unthinkable.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm just trying to say that it should reassure us that the inevitable traumas of being human do end up producing some good. Otherwise, the human condition is overwhelmingly depressing.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
Football is a bit like chess: it's not just the piece being moved that matters; it's also the effect that move has on all the other pieces.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
After being rejected for years, I found a publisher for 'Keeper,' and it won prizes, and then I had to write a second and a third book because I kept taking the money and spending it.
- Prayer
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- Nov 07, 2020
By my definition, prayer is consciously hanging out with God. Being with God in a deliberate way.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel that I communicate best when I am not deliberately being linear. Along this same line, I feel some of the best sermons I've ever heard were in the theatre rather than the pulpit - as, for example, in the Theatre of the Absurd.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
Real answers need to be found in dialogue and interaction and, yes, our shared human condition. This means being open to one another instead of simply fighting to maintain a prescribed position.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
You're going to go through ups; you're going to go through downs. But staying steady is most important, and being able to bounce back is also very important.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm working on a movie called 'Labor Day' with Kate Winslet while still balancing kite boarding. Being an actress and an athlete is a challenge, but I'm excited to see what happens.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love horror movies. It's so fun being absolutely terrified. It's damn hard to shoot, though. I didn't realize how difficult it was to make a horror movie as an actor. Physically and mentally, phew.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up such a horror fan, it's kinda cool being named 'Scream Queen.' I like that.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Form can only be destroyed accidentally, i.e., on account of its connexion with substance, the true nature of which consists in the property of never being without a disposition to receive form.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020