- 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
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't want to come out with anything that's wrong, of course, in a scientific, you know, a major scientific announcement, and so you're being so careful trying to check, well maybe it's this, maybe it's that, you're looking at every possible thing.
- Monk
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my 20s, I was a monk. I was obsessed with theatre, not being famous, not with television. I was 20 years on the stage before I set foot in front of a camera.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Somehow, in Bollywood I have always been offered comic roles. However, I am being looked at differently when it comes to movies being made in the West.
- Nov 07, 2020
I was pursuing the inner path at the expense of the rest of my being and the rest of the world.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
From the second there was drag, trans people were doing it. And when cis women started being allowed in theaters, then cis women doing drag was part of theater.
- Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have to run the Peace Corps. I could live without seeing my picture in the newspapers and without being interviewed.
- Opinion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Respect for another man's opinion is worthy. It is the realization that any opinion is valuable, for it is the sign of a rational being.
- Appreciated
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's an unfortunate reality of being a male dancer that it's not really looked upon... it's not appreciated.
- Find
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- Nov 07, 2020
I keep being surprised by the amount of archaeological sites and features that are left to find all over the world.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only rule I have in how I let characters tell stories is that they must always tell the reader their version of the truth. No one likes being outright lied to, even in fiction.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020