- Mother
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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
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being an actor is an extension of telling a story and I loved story telling as a child.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being an actress isn't as fun as it may seem. If I don't love something, I stop doing it. I don't love acting anymore, so I've stopped doing it.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
Persuasiveness is really just about getting your ideas across without being forceful. It's a skill that can be learned and is useful for anyone who works in a team environment.
- Sick
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- Nov 07, 2020
Only when we are sick and tired of being sick and tired do any of us do something different.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got sick of being famous. It is not a desirable 'job.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can lose who you are so easily when you're being so many things to so many different people.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being present with a person and just seeing them for who they are is something that is so rarely given to us, and I try to do that with everyone I meet.
- Product
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- Nov 07, 2020
Take ice. Ice is fascinating to me. Ice is the one thing in our world that went from an agricultural product to being manufactured.
- Grief
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- Nov 07, 2020
I only really fake it anymore with sommeliers who are being really snotty to me and I don't want to take their grief and so I try to do something to kind of throw them off or put them on the defensive, even if I don't know what I'm talking about.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
It does not just happen. It is disclosed by science that practically one-half of trained intellectual resources are being mobilized for murderous purposes.
- Characterized
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- Nov 07, 2020
The age in which we live can only be characterized as one of barbarism. Our civilization is in the process not only of being militarized, but also being brutalized.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
I read everything from comics to magazines to fiction - I learned to read in English, years before being able to speak a word of it, by reading 'National Geographic.'
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's hard to imagine going back to Italy, despite my experience in Serie A being extraordinary.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020