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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
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got the role I loved the most at a point in my career when most women are being phased out.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never have really said much about the whole episode, which was endless. But his speech was a perfectly intelligent speech about fathers not being dispensable and nobody agreed with that more than I did.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, being an 'American Latina' means identifying with and being influenced by both my American upbringing and my Latin heritage, and I have so much appreciation for how those two cultures have created who I am.
- Nov 07, 2020
It's rare that you see Latin families being portrayed as intelligent, sophisticated, and powerful entities.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like communicating and being open and committing. That, for me, has always been something that I like to do.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
The moment is ripe for an experienced businessman to talk practical, prudent economics to the electorate - which is why Mitt Romney's political fortunes are steadily being resurrected from the grave.
- Featured
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- Nov 07, 2020
I see far stronger and more charismatic personalities strolling around Philadelphia's neighborhoods than are being featured in most of today's bland daytime soaps.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm worried about the future of America insofar as our academically most promising students are being funneled through the cookie-cutter Ivy League and other elite schools and emerging with this callow anti-American, anti-military cast to their thinking.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I wrote 'The Assistants,' I knew very much that I wanted to write about income inequality and student loan debt and the gender wage gap, but I wanted to put it in a really slick, fun package. That book ended up being described as a socially conscious novel in chick-lit clothing.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the skyrocketing cost of a college education has placed it in the sphere of being a luxury-priced necessity.
- Beginning
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- Nov 07, 2020
At fifty, that is in 1880, I formulated the idea of unity, without being able to render it. At sixty, I am beginning to see the possibility of rendering it.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
In high school, I was obsessed with '60s and mod. It was about the look, and also about not being part of whatever the standard was.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've used songwriting as a tool, I've used it as a way of being able to talk about how I feel.
- Normal
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- Nov 07, 2020