- Being Alone
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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
- Nov 07, 2020
Being a professional woman, I function the best when I don't distinguish between work and play.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been bisexual for as long as I can remember. I remember being made fun of in junior high for that. It was something that was shameful, and it really shouldn't be.
- Every Single Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a player that plays multiple positions, that's my mindset every single day because I don't have the luxury of just being really good at one thing.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like getting blotto at parties but I also like being sober and I hate the hangover.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Buying my new house in the country wasn't about showing off or being something I'm not, like Madonna when she turned into the country lass with her tweeds on.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
A dramatic turn has matched me with acute myeloid leukemia. From the sidelines to being sidelined, 40 veins and 40 electrolytes.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would say that, first of all, if you have the honor of being chosen to produce the Oscars, you usually get only one crack at it. We were the first people in sixteen years to do it three times in a row, and it was one of the most profound experiences you could ever imagine.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
While we are guarding the country, we must accept being the guardian of the finest ethics. The country needs it and we must do it.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a boy, I used to stay with a school friend in Bexhill, in Sussex, which was then well-known for being the town with more oldies than any other. Aged ten, I felt slightly embarrassed by this, though I'm not sure why.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
The British love of queuing and discomfort and being bossed around seems to have found a new outlet in the pop festival.
- Loser
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone must know by now that the aim of Scrabble is to gain the moral high ground, the loser being the first player to slam the board shut and upset all the letters over the floor.
- Black Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
We were the only black family in an estate with 1,000 white families. Liverpool being quite racist in the Sixties, it was a bit grim growing up.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never worried about being typecast - I've only ever worried about being not cast!
- Comfortable
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have no ambitions beyond being comfortable in what I do for a living - and earning a living.
- Discretionary
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- Nov 07, 2020