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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
- Musicians
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of my friends are struggling musicians. Being a struggling actor, it's just frustrating because you're not allowed to do what you want to do.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Police forces collect information to be used in a public court to get people convicted. Security services gather information that does not necessarily lead to people being prosecuted and in many cases needs to remain confidential.
- Early
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was one of the early folks at eBay, and by 1999, it was completely overrun by consultants from McKinsey, Bain, and BCG. It went from being a cool, fun startup to an MBA factory.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't mind being criticized. I enjoy being criticized personally, not by rumor.
- Celebrity
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's amazing and different being a celebrity in D.C.
- Sports
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is an honor to join the ranks of sports icons such as Muhammad Ali and Tiger Woods by being immortalized in wax at Madame Tussauds Washington, D.C.
- Francisco
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being gay in San Francisco is fun. Being gay in Saudi Arabia - that's a whole other matter.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
The pressure to being a comedian is being funny, but I've given that up, so there is no pressure whatsoever.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I related more literally to the early 'Spider-Man' comics from Steve Ditko because it could be upfront and direct about the problems of being a kid. He captured being a teenager so beautifully.
- Negative
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up being really insecure and dumped on, over-feeling certain things in a negative way. So I thought I had something to prove.
- Creation
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- Nov 07, 2020
The creation of Spoleto was a social experiment. Because I've always suffered guilt from being a Catholic, when I was in my fifties I felt a need of being needed.
- Nov 07, 2020