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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
- Something
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think audiences are quite comfortable watching something coming into being.
- Path
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't see 'lines of force' as being destructive, except to the extent that they are exclusively traceable through observance of the path of distorted material left in their wake.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I worked for a couple of screamers in my early days in Hollywood. I don't like being screamed at, and I am not myself a screamer.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
A movie has to get good reviews, high grosses - it has to beat expectations. The same thing with television and the ratings. But being curious isn't like that. It's not a public thing. It's private, and the test is a private one. You have to be on your toes.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Technology has brought us further than man could ever imagine, and it makes all information available. But it might not do the same exact thing that one human being asking another human being might do.
- Component
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a writer and always was; being a writer is an integral part of my identity. Being published, being well regarded, is a component of that identity.
- Figure
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like being a cult figure.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I studied and grew as a man so that the situation of being wrongly accused wouldn't define me.
- Open
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- Nov 07, 2020
What's kept Java from being used as widely as possible is there hasn't been an Open Source implementation of it that's gotten really widespread use.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
The household I grew up in... was rather like an Ovaltine advert. There was a huge fire, a kettle on the fire, the oven with the bread being baked every day, and there was the radio; it was very magical to hear all these wonderful programmes.
- Integrity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before the word 'resignation' became a euphemism for being fired, it connoted a sense of public integrity and personal honor.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm writing all the time. I want to do this forever. I want to have a box set someday. I can't stop. The day I stop being inspired to write songs, I'll go sit on the beach - until I become inspired again.
- Better Off
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- Nov 07, 2020