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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
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
All of my jokes were about not being able to meet anybody. I didn't have any insight into anything - even my own insecurities.
- Action
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- Nov 07, 2020
Recent action in Syria and Palestine also tell us that the awakening voices of democracy in those regions are occurring, and that those in that region are able to pursue it without being stifled by terrorists that are despotic.
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being the favourite is a help.
- Land
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody has an idea of the tsunami of being a big wave. It is not a big wave. It is a huge amount of water that comes to land.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted element in another person's life.
- Nov 07, 2020
Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is not her body that he wants but it is only through her body that he can take possession of another human being, so he must labor upon her body, he must enter her body, to make his claim.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some literary types subscribe to the notion that being a writer like Salinger entitles a person to remain free of the standards that might apply to mere mortals.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every writer loves the idea of being able to go in and fix a problem and then leave without obligation. It's fun!
- Professional
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd done plays in middle school, done some for the church in high school, but I had no intention of ever being a professional actor.
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- Nov 07, 2020