- Discipline
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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
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
I get asked a lot about being a woman within the industry and how difficult it is, and yeah, it is - but it's difficult for everybody... I'm not a 'burn-your-bra' feminist.
- Artist
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always wanted to be an artist; being a songwriter for myself was always a must but being a songwriter for others has been a bonus.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just look at the transformation Taylor Swift made from being pop country to pop pop. There are very specific things she cut out and very specific things she adopted.
- Dark
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went through a whole phase when I was younger of being obsessed with Tolstoy and Kafka and Camus, all those really, beautiful, dark depressing books.
- Attractive
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- Nov 07, 2020
Newscasters cannot call attention to themselves by being too attractive or too unattractive.
- Hands
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- Nov 07, 2020
Handmade things tend to be so expensive that only a small part of the population can afford them. And yet making things with hands is such an essential part of being human.
- Amazing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have written with some amazing singers and songwriters - the moment with Snoop Dogg was amazing - but being able to tell an Aboriginal story is bigger than anything that I have ever known.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm trying to take care of my kid, and the only way to do that is obviously being financially stable.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's what pushes me every day to want to be successful on the soccer field - being able to not only take care of my kid on a financial level and be stable but, most importantly, to inspire my child.
- Nov 07, 2020
I definitely wanted to be a woman and be treated as an adult, I wasn’t interested in being young at all.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a Midwesterner! Not being able to have a cheeseburger once in a while would be torture!
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've spent my life being embarrassed.
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- Nov 07, 2020