- Someone
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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
- Inside
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like being able to be on the inside of music, rather than on the outside listening to it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
At first, I wasn't really keen on the idea of me being on stage having to sing in front of people.
- Champion
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- Nov 07, 2020
As far as being the longest-reigning X Division champion, it's a pretty remarkable achievement, due to all the men who have held it over the years.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some days, I don't recognise my country, and other days, I see people being vocal and passionate, and I think, 'There's my country.'
- Laugh
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wouldn't mind being in an American film for a laugh, but I certainly don't want to be in Thingy Blah Blah 3, if you know what I mean.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
To have a personal life is the minimum freedom you have to give to a human being.
- Call
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- Nov 07, 2020
My influences have been what I call my four Bs - the primary one being the blues, then Borges, Baraka, and Bearden.
- Prison
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most valuable blacks are those in prison, those who have the warrior spirit, who had a sense of being African. They got for their women and children what they needed when all other avenues were closed to them.
- India
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the elections are a mere fraud, why are terrorists being trained and infiltrated into India at the command of the Inter-Services Intelligence Agency of Pakistan to kill election candidates and to intimidate voters?
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents believed in the ideology of the Left. And being influenced by Marxism and Leninism theories, they chose Marlena as my second name.
- Film
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- Nov 07, 2020
The whole film is about people being convinced that they can reduce themselves to their archetypes.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was never born to write. I was taught to write. And I am still being taught to write.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Human beings are social creatures. We are social not just in the trivial sense that we like company, and not just in the obvious sense that we each depend on others. We are social in a more elemental way: simply to exist as a normal human being requires interaction with other people.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020