- Family
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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
- Lack
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a Brady comes with it's pleasures and its baggage. I'm not one given to a lack of privacy and invasion.
- Anywhere Else
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- Nov 07, 2020
I cannot imagine being happy anywhere else in the world but in Cape Town - South Africa in general, but Cape Town in particular.
- Last
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- Nov 07, 2020
You're always being cast for what you've been in last.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the senior prom for my Catholic boarding school, I was feeling manly, so I shaved, even though I didn't need to. Being inexperienced, I managed to slice a quarter-inch gash into my lower chin a half hour before I picked up my date.
- Survive
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- Nov 07, 2020
Coming to terms with Donald Trump as the Republican nominee is like being told you have Stage 1 or Stage 2 cancer. You know you'll probably survive, but one way or the other, there's going to be a lot of throwing up.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it hurt my performance because I stopped being me. That won't ever happen again.
- Grace
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- Nov 07, 2020
Humanism and Divinity are as complementary to one another in theorder of culture, as are Nature and Grace in the order of being.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
In politics, all candidates and volunteers are ambassadors to voters who expect better than parroting the politics of personal destruction. Being able to find common ground at the higher ground is what separates the stateswoman from the stuntwoman.
- Minority
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- Nov 07, 2020
When Proposition 8 passed in California, some were quick to blame minority voters, some of whom had voted for both President Obama and Proposition 8; however, these claims were later debunked as being overstated.
- Project
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a tendency toward being a micromanager. Which, the bigger the project you're involved in, the harder that becomes.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being an activist is about getting things done. It's not about standing around shaking your fist in anger.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can say without a doubt that being a mom is the ultimate test of my multi-tasking skills. I spend my day meeting startup after startup, helping our portfolio companies, bringing in speakers, and soon gearing up for Demo Day for our accelerator program.
- Kindness
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think kindness is actually under-rated. Especially with Silicon Valley - and probably in business in general - it's seen as being a pushover or ineffective as a leader.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020