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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
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had been a ballet dancer and never could make a living, and just being so excited that I got to, all of a sudden, live as an actor.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to bring real music back but make it marketable and mainstream. To me, real music isn't everything being synthesized, computerized.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a neat freak. I don't mind things being messy but I mind them being dirty. I just can't relax in a dirty environment. I like things organized.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was growing up, so many of the important changes for African-Americans were being made in the United States Supreme Court and were being made by lawyers. I followed the court very intensely and wanted to do that for my life.
- Simple
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't ever want to bring a child into this world without being as healthy as I can be; it's as simple as that.
- Floors
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- Nov 07, 2020
I joined a gym when I was 11, agreed to seeing a dietitian aged 15, and I remember being a teenager and going to shops, only to find that as a size 16, the clothes were hidden at the back or on different floors well away from the shop windows.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
For far too many, the housing crisis has become a human crisis, with people being criminalised who should instead be protected as our most vulnerable citizens.
- Health Benefits
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- Nov 07, 2020
And there were the health benefits of being slimmer. My size made me more likely to get type 2 diabetes and perhaps even cancer, and could have affected my fertility.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hospitals don’t have enough beds, staff shortages are being exacerbated by the uncertainty surrounding what Brexit means for EU nationals and our ability to access new cancer treatments is under threat.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
By refusing to give 16- and 17-year olds the vote, the Conservative Government are risking worsening voter apathy and being on the wrong side of history.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being me is no different than being most anyone else, I guess.
- Deep
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- Nov 07, 2020