- Blur
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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
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like the dislocation of being away for months at a time. It's not conducive to having a life.
- Busy
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- Nov 07, 2020
He not busy being born is busy dying.
- Disappear
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot.
- Good Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to be a good human being and keep up with what's going on in the world by reading and staying in touch with the current events.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is not a single extant study that supports all the arguments against men being with their children. It's absolute bollocks.
- Events
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- Nov 07, 2020
I presumed the president was being truthful until a series of events undercut that confidence.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gen. Tommy Franks told me the war was being compromised as specialized personnel and equipment were being shifted from Afghanistan to prepare for the war in Iraq - a war more than a year away.
- Obstacles
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I came out, when I was 17 years old, it was one of those things where I realized that there was going to be so many obstacles, but being gay doesn't mean being weak.
- Legal
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- Nov 07, 2020
The legal principle placing the burden of proof on accusers rather than the accused can be traced back to Second and Third Century Roman jurist, Julius Paulus Prudentissimus. Yet, this ancient concept, which forms the legal and moral cornerstone of the American judicial system, is quickly being undermined in the name of 'national security.'
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
The new discovery of a 3.3 billion barrel oil deposit off Norway's coast cements that nation's claim to being Europe's second largest oil producer.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Two new workers are being added to the population for every one job that is created.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a former presidential campaign manager, I remember the final week of the campaign as being the longest and most important week of the campaign. The week doesn't seem to end.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Given a choice between being happy or being efficient and safe, I'll take efficient and safe.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Human nature being what it is, people don't want to acknowledge that a problem exists when they know they have 35 other problems to deal with.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020