- Long
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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
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact.
- Flowers
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am following Nature without being able to grasp her, I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved being my father's audience and watching him in front of the mirror as he talked to himself made up like a clown.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being involved in the well-being and advancement of one's own community is a most natural thing to do.
- Misunderstood
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I went to AC Milan, they were four points away from the relegation zone, and by the end of the season, we were just one goal away from being in the Europa League.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
From my first fight, I loved being in the ring. I tune everything out - the lights, the smells, the noise - so I'm in this zone where I'm performing only for myself.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a woman fighter, I can't just go out there and manhandle a girl, I need to be very strategic: Use my skills, head movement and defence, then seek and destroy.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I certainly know about the oppression and prejudices of being black and a woman and from the South.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
The experience of being a young, blonde, naive but well-intentioned young producer was both intimidating and eye-opening.
- Attention Spans
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- Nov 07, 2020
Today's children have very short attention spans because they are being reared on dreadful television programmes which are flickering away in the corner.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's so much more to life than just being healthy. There's so much more to life than just being normal.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the idea of college, but I first need to figure out how to transition to being an adult because we honestly never thought I would make it to this point.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020