- 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
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by.
- Medicine
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- Nov 07, 2020
In high school I had B's and C's, not too many A's, but I must have done well on that medical school test, and I must have had some charisma in the interview, so I ended up in medicine. Being a general practitioner was all I aspired to.
- Minority
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed gay Jew. I've never felt, automatically, a member of any majority.
- Gay
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was still closeted, but from the day I decided to run for office, knowing that I was gay, I decided that I would, of course, still be closeted but that I would work very hard for gay rights. It would be totally dishonorable, being gay, not to do that. So I had that as kind of a secondary agenda.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm pretty good with being calculated in what I do, when I'm going to make my mark on somebody.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's something so quirky and fun and nerdy about the Tony Awards... We're dorks being silly up there.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the immediacy of an audience being there and reacting. I'm spoiled, having grown up in theater.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I could imagine actually being a scientist or a detective, but not a detective who puts his hands into gory, bloody things. But more like someone who figures things out. I like to figure things out.
- Nov 07, 2020
Looking at magazines and being someone who wanted to act, as a kid, I was very much influenced by things I saw.
- Pain
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most women who go public with #MeToo stories are fearful for obvious reasons. There is the pain of reliving traumatic experiences. There is the rage of not being believed.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am used to being politically homeless, which I think is a very, very Jewish position.
- Aggressive
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- Nov 07, 2020
That was my challenge as an actress: to be a necessary part of the office without being too aggressive.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020