- Kid
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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
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most amazing thing is being onstage and watching the audience sing every song lyric for lyric.
- Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
It would have been so awesome to be born in the Thirties and be in your prime in the Fifties. Except for the whole being black thing, obviously!
- Nov 07, 2020
Being number two sucks.
- Movement
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the few luxuries left is travel. And the aspect of travel that is luxurious is not the movement, but the being there.
- Grabbing
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, I'm really known for being an energy guy and working hard on the floor, grabbing a lot of rebounds.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't consider myself a celebrity. I don't think I'm better than somebody else. I'm just a human being like anyone else.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think when I came into the league, I had to find something that would keep me around. I knew I wasn't going to get the ball a lot, being the younger guy on my team. I knew I wasn't going to play a lot unless I made some sort of impact on the floor. I wasn't the best shot blocker, so I said, 'Let's be the best rebounder the league has ever seen.'
- Cindy
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I finally came to the United States, I was forced to get a job right away. I spoke no English - none. I started working as an aesthetician in this beautiful boutique salon in Beverly Hills. Being an aesthetician didn't require an elaborate vocabulary in English. My first client was Cindy Crawford! I swear.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being asked by Oprah Winfrey to be on her show and do her eyebrows in 2006 - to me, that was like getting an Oscar. It was a stamp of approval from a woman that is incredible. It propelled my career to a different level.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have an ambivalent feeling about the Israeli army. Growing up in Tel Aviv, being involved in the arts, the last thing artists want to do is fight.
- Nov 07, 2020
When friends stop being frank and useful to each other, the whole world loses some of its radiance.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
The epic implications of being human end in more than this: We start our lives as if they were momentous stories, with a beginning, a middle and an appropriate end, only to find that they are mostly middles.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020