- Great
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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
What's universal is the texture of our relationships. It's evolving. Times are changing with the women's movement. Men's roles are being redefined and, in some ways, they're confused.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nations sometimes flourish by denying the crimes that brought them into being. Only when the original invasion, occupation, extermination or usurpation has been safely thrust into the political unconscious can sovereignty feel secure.
- Goodness
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- Nov 07, 2020
For Aristotle, goodness is a kind of prospering in the precarious affair of being human.
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Boston I got to a point where I thought I was putting out fires more than being a baseball coach. And some of it was my fault. I was getting stubborn. My fuse was a little shorter than it needed to be. And that helps nobody.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
What is hardcore? Hardcore is not just being hardcore, hardcore is going in the ring and giving 100% of yourself. Hardcore is great fans.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anyone who agrees to be interviewed must decide where to draw the line between what is public and what is private. But the line can shift, depending on who is asking the questions. What puts someone on guard isn't necessarily the fear of being 'found out.' It sometimes is just the fear of being misunderstood.
- Great Pleasure
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- Nov 07, 2020
I work in a medium where I get to be totally invisible and I get great pleasure from that, being a pretty self-conscious person.
- Ground
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't count on Congress. Laws come into being because people on the ground demand it.
- Difficult People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are constantly being put to the test by trying circumstances and difficult people and problems not necessarily of our own making.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid, I didn't have any girlfriends. I was a very nerdy-type dude. Believe me, being a ham does not turn girls on.
- Beginning
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- Nov 07, 2020
What's good about talking about being victimized is that it is the beginning of being able to stop it.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's my favorite role - being a mom.
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- Nov 07, 2020