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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've learned the hard way how valuable privacy is. And I've learned that there are a lot of things in your life that really benefit from being private. And relationships are one of them.
- Making
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't know that '12 Years a Slave' was being filmed at the same time we were making 'The Retrieval.'
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
My self-publishing adventure led to my work being picked up by a traditional publisher and eventually hitting the bestseller lists. That led to two more bestselling novels.
- Concentrated
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- Nov 07, 2020
Humankind would improve if we concentrated less on being human and more on being kind.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
While I acknowledge that it's not my whiteness that has given me my platform entirely... it's part of the reason I've garnered so much acceptance and praise for being out and nonbinary.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
The stories I grew up with, whether it came to queer representation or representation of anyone that was different, it was always a story of, like, very sad, usually ended up with somebody dying, and it made the idea of being queer or different really scary, actually.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to study film at an art school - I loved the idea of being surrounded by designers and artists. We were encouraged to be experimental.
- Dinner
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- Nov 07, 2020
Martin Scorsese was being given an honorary doctorate, and one of the tutors asked if there was a student film he particularly liked. He mentioned our film. There was a dinner after the final show just for the tutors, but I was smuggled in to meet Scorsese over dessert.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a customer, I would see pieces that I loved and then find out they weren't being made because no store had ordered them.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every fair-minded person holding a position of authority must support the few who have stood up against the injustice being perpetrated in the name of blasphemy.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
By virtue of being born to humanity, every human being has a right to the development and fulfillment of his potentialities as a human being.
- Personality
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- Nov 07, 2020
I definitely want to go against the grain - break those rules and create clothing that is fun for women and shows their personality and just enjoy wearing it and being fashion-forward.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020