- Music
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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
I worked with my parents on the stage in production numbers since I was 4, but I never really gave much thought to being a performer on my own until I was 12 or 13.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
I still dream about being on the space station with the feeling of being weightless. The weightlessness is the most amazing, relaxing and natural feeling.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know about this thing - being famous. I haven't figured it out yet. It still mystifies me.
- Cannot
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- Nov 07, 2020
The seeded draw came into being. This means that the two best players of the tournament are placed in opposite halves in the draw, and cannot possibly meet until the finals, if they come through successfully against all the rest of the participants.
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think kids have a problem with death. It's us older ones who are nearer to it, that start being frightened.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I also get fed up with the fact that casting agents and directors have this impression of me as being frail and petite. I find it very patronizing. I'm quite beefy and strong. I was a gymnast in school and I have lots of muscles.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom being a psychotherapist, I've been brought up with that whole psychoanalytical terrain.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
Happiness, as a word, has become sort of equated with these smiling images on television, selling some nice cream or food product or something. It's seen a bit as being a stupid consumer.
- Big Part
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- Nov 07, 2020
A big part of leadership is just being comfortable with the fact that some decisions really are only yours.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no doubt that a woman's economic empowerment is very much interconnected to her health and the well being of her children.
- Far
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we can't have comedy books written about aspects of womanhood without going into a panic attack about it, then we haven't got very far at being equal.
- Emotions
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- Nov 07, 2020
Courts are supposed to be places of reason. But this, of course, is a fantasy. I mean, there is reason being used as a technique. But courts, in fact, are baths of emotions.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's the best thing that's ever happened to me, bar none, is having grandchildren and living by them and being part of their lives.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020