- Man
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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
- Flew
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we began working on Parque Pumalin, rumours flew that we were establishing a nuclear waste site for the United States or, oddly for Episcopalians, which we both are, setting up a Jewish state. It would be funny if these theories weren't being taken very seriously.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being asked what animal you'd like to be is a trick question; you're already an animal.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
Birds are a miracle because they prove to us there is a finer, simpler state of being which we may strive to attain.
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every human being you see in the course of a day has a problem that's sucking up at least 70 percent of his or her radar.
- Pure
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- Nov 07, 2020
Failure is authentic, and because it's authentic, it's real and genuine, and because of that, it's a pure state of being.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tofu hot dogs are actually scarier than real hot dogs. It's like wanting the worst possible meat product without even the thrill of it actually being meat.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
If nothing else, we simply get used to being alive.
- Extraordinary
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm always being introduced as 'Tony Award-winning Douglas Hodge.' It's extraordinary.
- Folk Singer
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in college, being a magician was not the classiest thing to be. It was like being a folk singer before Bob Dylan.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
There must be a happy medium somewhere between being totally informed and blissfully unaware.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020