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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
- Quite
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm quite happy being single.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would sort out all the arguments and see which belonged to fear and which to creativeness. Other things being equal, I would make the decision which had the larger number of creative reasons on its side.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
First of all, I never set out to be a whistleblower. Secondly, I never expected that my story would be interesting to anybody. Third of all, you know, I was actually terrified of being named, of being identified.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have to be a 'gazillionaire;' what's important to me is to just being able to work.
- Responsibility
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being editor-in-chief of the 'Guardian' and 'Observer' is an enormous privilege and responsibility, leading a first-class team of journalists revered around the world for outstanding reporting, independent thinking, incisive analysis, and digital innovation.
- Mean
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- Nov 07, 2020
What is the natural reaction when told you have a hopeless mental illness? That diagnosis does you in; that, and the humiliation of being there. I mean, the indignity you're subjected to. My God.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politics is repetition. It is not change. Change is something beyond what we call politics. Change is the essence politics is supposed to be the means to bring into being.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd pretty much given up hope of being published, so I just wrote the book I wanted to read.
- Cute
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being chaotic isn't cute.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think the genetics of being Irish are that you sort of prefer when it's rainy and cloudy. It's just genetic.
- Humble
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- Nov 07, 2020