- Grace
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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
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is the solemn obligation of a leader always to be a leader. Even when - perhaps especially when - you don't feel like being a leader.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's something about being at the tournaments that you don't really get on TV, although golf is a great sport to watch on television.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm absolutist on Trump. He shouldn't be president. We should limit the damage he can do as president. And we should try as hard as we can to prevent him from being renominated or reelected.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
A journalist enjoys a privileged position. In exchange for not being able to participate in the rough-and-tumble issues of a community, we are given license to observe it all, based on the understanding that we'll tell everyone what happens fairly and squarely. That's harder than it sounds.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
The landscape is television has changed so much, because there are so many outlets, that the odds of getting a zeitgeisty hit - you know how 'American Idol' seems to appeal to every human being on the planet? Doing that in comedy nowadays is very, very hard.
- Little
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- Nov 07, 2020
Over 20 years, I chipped away at a career little by little. I worked churches, off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway. I began being recognized by my peers by casting directors, actors, producers.
- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Google was a venture-funded company. Being part of that brings an energy to the company.
- Manufacturing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Imperceptibly, the developed world's manufacturing base was gradually eroding and being replaced by securitized finance that destroyed itself and nearly its economies in 2008.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have never seen Jeff Bezos, Marc Benioff, or Reed Hastings complain about being public. Nor have they ever argued that being public prevented them from doing things with a long-term focus.
- Nov 07, 2020
I remember seeing 'Spinal Tap' at a young age and being like, 'That's how you perform comedy.'
- Fundamentalists
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- Nov 07, 2020