- My Life
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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
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Jewish fundamentalism is teaching that Jews can fight with guns and with civil war, against being relocated off the West Bank, and disobey the orders of their government. That is the call to jihad, to several kinds of jihad.
- Group
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before the discovery of agriculture mankind was everywhere so divided, the size of each group being determined by the natural fertility of its locality.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
The trade deficit is the capital surplus and don't ever think of having a capital surplus as being a bad thing for our country.
- Artist
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was an actor as a kid in Boston. Then I went to art school with Brice Marden, the Massachusetts College of Art. So the hybrid of being an actor and artist is a director.
- Husband
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a husband is a whole-time job. That is why so many husbands fail. They cannot give their entire attention to it.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut, one knows exactly where one is.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
Somehow, I had the feeling that I was responsible for Harry being dead. I remembered all the times that I wished he were dead, all the times I had dreamed of killing him. I got to thinking that maybe my wishing had finally killed him.
- Parent
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew going in that being a single parent would be one of the toughest jobs I'd ever have. I'd been a talk-show host, actor, comic, and on and on, but this gig was going to be my defining moment.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020