- Centers
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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
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're 50, you're never going to be 50 ever again, so enjoy being 50. If you sit through the year wishing you were younger, before you know it, it's going to be over, and you're going to be 51.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I adored my birth father and constantly worried that I was being disloyal to him and his schoolteacher roots if I spent too much time performing and enjoying it.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
A good part - and definitely the most fun part - of being a feminist is about frightening men.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lots of women love to accuse men of being immature when the fellow in question displays a reluctance to 'commit.'
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's quite hard for me being an actress because I actually don't like attention.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the physicality of being an athlete or working out, it grounds you. It centers you.
- Dragged
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up, when we would get dragged to these events, I didn't want to be there. Over time, as we got older, I developed a real appreciation of the importance of being involved in the democratic process.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew that this was what I wanted to talk about on stage. There was no point being coy about it, or pretending that I wasn't gay. That was the substance of my whole act. If you took that away, there would be nothing left.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
It would be a really great to do a Marvel film - not even playing a superhero: just being part of that universe would be amazing.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
To a certain extent I am taking a leap of faith. I'm adding up the evidence on either side, and I'm seeing the evidence of there not being a God is overwhelming compared to the evidence for there being a God.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
Performing has always been something I wanted to do. My dad had a video camera and I loved being in front of it.
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the history of Wikileaks, nobody has claimed that the material being put out is not authentic.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020