- 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
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
At one point, I was just perceived as only being angry, but now I'm being perceived as angry, peaceful, and spiritual.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just feel compelled to continue to be transparent. It just really levels the playing field and eradicates the shame that I have, or that one might have, about being human. So I'm going to just keep going.
- Favorite Part
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favorite part of my appearance is my height. I'm five foot one and I feel feminine being small.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I come from the theater, so I like it being: curtain up, this is what we want you to see, we have a reason for showing it to you, and then the curtain comes down, and that's it.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
As cricketers we're judged on the average we have from being a 21-year-old who's just come into international cricket to the day you retire.
- Focal
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- Nov 07, 2020
I miss being the focal point of the team - the guy everyone looks to for decisions. And guidance.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a dad is best thing you can do, it's very exciting.
- Captain
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even when every Tom, Dick and Harry was calling for my head, I still felt I could get better at being captain.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first came into the side as captain, I was accused of being quite conservative, quite negative, and just doing what Andrew Strauss did.
- Science
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- Nov 07, 2020
I prioritise story over science, but not at the expense of being really stupid about it.
- Science
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are similarities between historical novels and science fiction. Being thrown into the Napoleonic Wars is just as much of a different world as space.
- Being Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid, I was reliably informed that we'd have gone to Mars by 1985, and of course it's 2012, and we're still really no closer to a human expedition to Mars, but that shouldn't detract from the amazing achievements that are being done on a day-to-day basis by robotic envoys.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was writing 'House Of Suns,' there were a few writers I had in mind as role models, the main being Gene Wolfe.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020