- Mother
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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
- Fans
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- Nov 07, 2020
Blackheart Records being 25 years old represents staying power and the fact that we weren't able to get a record out through conventional means, so we had to create this record company to put out our records if we wanted to be a band that had records to give out to their fans.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find Edinburgh a stimulating place in which to live, with it being a city of contrasts, both architecturally and socially, and each district having a definite character.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it has something to do with being British. We don't take ourselves as seriously as some other countries do. I think a lot of people take themselves far too seriously; I find that a very tedious attitude.
- Fragment
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- Nov 07, 2020
Here was a fragment of Goddess myth that, through all its permutations, had somehow escaped being turned on its head. It was the perfect springboard for the sort of novel I wanted to write.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being an MP is quite a strange job, because you do it in two different places. Half the time I'm in Westminster and the other half I'm in my constituency and the job is different in both of them.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being from New York, everybody's a point guard. Even when you play in the park, you've got to know how to handle the ball. If you can't handle the ball, you can't really play.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If people have to put labels on me, I'd prefer the first label to be human being, the second label to be pacifist, and the third to be folk singer.
- Queen
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- Nov 07, 2020
I very much treat my stage persona of Jinkx as a character I've created. Some drag artists do a look-based glamour act, and when they talk they're mostly just being themselves. In my case it's not Jinkx the drag queen, it's Jerrick Hoffer as Jinkx Monsoon.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Help is even being offered from across the ocean, as over two dozen countries have stepped forward to offer financial and material support to the American people.
- Policy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a policy wonk - I'm somewhere between being undecided and a surrogate.
- Celebrity
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you have celebrity, it's a whole different thing than being an artist.
- Nov 07, 2020