- 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
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have two children who died before reaching 30, so who am I to complain about being alive?
- Nov 07, 2020
I won't tell you that I've never been discouraged. Of course I have; as a human being, that's bound to happen.
- Nov 07, 2020
You know, I used to be made fun of as a kid for being really articulate; it was sort of like a strange thing.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like being the lead but I like being in an ensemble. There are different challenges and dilemmas with both. If you're carrying a film, there's a certain weight, but there are a lot of scenes to explore the character. When you're in an ensemble, you have to convey the entire character in a limited number of scenes.
- End Result
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- Nov 07, 2020
Keeping your space clean is as much a part of the end result as the dish being tasty.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
European values, civil rights, freedom of speech, freedom of informatio,n and freedom of assembly are being violated by Spain's central government.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, it's hard to separate being a fan from the feelings you have for some of your team-mates.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
People have always thought of me as being something, but I'm just a human being like everyone else.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a person who is open to experience each stimulus is freely relayed through the nervous system, without being distorted by any process of defensiveness.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in high school in the early 1970s, we knew we were running out of oil; we knew that easy sources were being capped; we knew that diversifying would be much better; we knew that there were terrible dictators and horrible governments that we were enriching who hated us. We knew all that and we did really nothing.
- First Love
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- Nov 07, 2020