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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
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hate nightclubs, and I get fed up very quickly in crowded rooms. I enjoy being around people I know.
- Nov 07, 2020
There's not a lot of room for thinking in popular culture; there's not a lot of room for being conflicted.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Collecting has been my great extravagance. It's a way of being. I collect for the same reason that I eat too much-I'm one of nature's shoppers.
- Political Party
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- Nov 07, 2020
You won't get a rational assessment of a political party from a member, and you won't get a reasoned account of the joys of being 'linked' from somebody who's already 'in.'
- Human Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
Haverford was there for me and taught me what it meant to be a human being.
- Deploying
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mindfulness means being aware of how you're deploying your attention and making decisions about it, and not letting the tweet or the buzzing of your BlackBerry call your attention.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to be very careful about judging and how much to generalize about the use of media being pathological. For some people, it's a temptation and a pathology; for others, it's a lifeline.
- Demonstrating
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- Nov 07, 2020
The hardest thing about being a leader is demonstrating or showing vulnerability... When the leader demonstrates vulnerability and sensibility and brings people together, the team wins.
- Humanity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nearly every tribe and nearly every human being has gods. Belief in gods is all over the place. It's universal. It squeaks and squoozes from every pore of humanity.
- Preparation
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- Nov 07, 2020
We were totally unprepared for such a large quantity of visitors, and in view of the preservation of the antiquities they being very crowded and in poor preservation, we were obliged to refuse admission until some preparation was made to safeguard the objects.
- Media
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- Nov 07, 2020
A political party is dying before our eyes-and I don't mean the Democrats. I'm talking about the mainstream media, which is being destroyed by the opposition.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being in Vietnam and being around a major story of the time was always a great shot of adrenaline.
- Nov 07, 2020