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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.
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I've lived in England, France, Spain, Portugal and Germany in the '80s. I don't like being settled. It's not really healthy.
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You don't know when you're being watched. That's one of the weird things about celebrity. It's my least favorite part of acting, celebrity.
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All I ever thought about was music and being a musician.
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There is one thing in this world that I'm better that than anyone else and that is being me.
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A unique style comes from not being able to do things in a conventional manner. If David Byrne could have sung like Paul McCartney, he would have.
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I never jumped into anything, and I never liked being cajoled into anything. I've pretty much always done things because I wanted to do them.
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I like being in the '60s.
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I love emotion. I love being in love. And showing that on screen. I think it's wonderful.
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I pride myself on being limber.
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Victoria got very involved with the Obama campaign, and I stepped back out of it. I thought it was good for her to get some glory. It's hard being married to a celebrity.
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In 1989, I retired from Bell Laboratories to become a full-time writer. Not that I didn't enjoy my engineering career, but rather I liked being a novelist just a bit better.
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