- 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
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm happy with being myself.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just working on stuff off the dribble a lot more. It's helping me create my own shot and freeing me up a little bit, being able to make plays and make shots.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want as many people as possible to hear my music. I'm happy to entertain people by being a star.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm actually a pretty decent human being, and when I'm home I'm straight as an arrow.
- Historical
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- Nov 07, 2020
I lay no claim, it should be clear, to being a historian. So in my books, the intimate and personal have been intertwined inextricably with the broad and historical.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Taliban's acts of cultural vandalism - the most infamous being the destruction of the giant Bamiyan Buddhas - had a devastating effect on Afghan culture and the artistic scene. The Taliban burned countless films, VCRs, music tapes, books, and paintings. They jailed filmmakers, musicians, painters, and sculptors.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
So the only things I was being allowed to audition for were small roles in comedies. It broke my heart. No one would see me for anything else. I knew, in order to open up my career, I had to leave or that's all I would ever be given.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm so excited. I love radio and being on the new Mix 102.9.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm fascinated by politicians, because I suspect the huge majority of them go into it full of ideas and for the best possible reasons but end up being hijacked.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm very good at being out of work.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being in Oxford can be a bit like being on holiday - there's plenty of time spent in the pub.
- Nov 07, 2020