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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
- Husband
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is nothing wrong being a house husband, and I do believe there is something right about it.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
People in government and public life are being kicked around at a high rate of speed.
- Made
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've made a career of being precise.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
The emotional magnets beneath home and workplace are in the process of being reversed. Work has become a form of 'home' and home has become 'work.'
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
You love what you do, you are cursed with it, and then you get known for being cursed with it.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't champion the idea of being in a Hollywood movie. I never had fun in one of them.
- Nov 07, 2020
Patients describing the benefits of prayer often talk about how it provides a sense of well being.
- Privilege
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of positive psychology is stuck in being the psychology of privilege, and I reject that.
- Pain
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're all making castles in the sand, wonderful tapestries, an exquisite corpse. But is it meaningful? No. It's dogs barking. It doesn't mean anything beyond our yelping, at the pain of being alive.
- Mature
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- Nov 07, 2020
If somebody ever says something is a mature theme, it's bound to not be. I mean, you shouldn't fall for that. You can make it sound mature, but anything that's about being mature is pretty immature.
- Nov 07, 2020