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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
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I finally chose the graduate degree in engineering primarily because it only took one year and law school took three years, and I felt the pressure of being a little behind - although I was just 22.
- Pressure
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have definitely worked on that... being efficient and also being smarter with my pressure.
- Falter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being able to go forward has been good, you know? I'm lucky to have that ability, to pressure guys and make them falter and wilt.
- Long Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I stopped worrying about being desired a long time ago.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm very often still very much alive for that other being and that other world long after the film is finished.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've got to take measured steps and avoid the pitfalls. Life in general has pitfalls, but being a boxer there's even more.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
To go in the record books as British champion is something else and a step towards being top of the division.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I mean, it's a bit of a double-edged sword being a celebrity and being an actor as I'm sure you know. Your public laundry is constantly aired out and I thought that maybe I could do some good.
- Stay
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have to really have the will to hang onto the first note as it is being played, and then really stay with it and take the flight, as it were, you know, for the duration of the piece.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a lot of fun creating some restaurants with a casual note to it, such as DBGB, for example, where it was about bangers and beers, being a very casual brasserie with very affordable food but very interesting homemade program.
- Garbage
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of chefs don't have a natural sense of economy. I was with one guy the other day, and I had to show him how to peel a turnip, because the way he was peeling turnips, he was throwing half of it in the garbage. It's not about being cheap. It's about being proper.
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