- 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
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
We all recognize that in recent decades, many important achievements have helped create a cleaner, healthier environment, yet our national needs in environmental health are not being fully met.
- Bumped
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've gotten more flack from the remake nature of our 'Being Human' from American audiences than I have from British fans. Every fan of the BBC original that I've bumped into seemed very excited and interested in seeing what we did with it - at least to my face!
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll eventually go back to theater because the feeling of being on stage where you have the audience right there, you can't replace that with anything.
- Nov 07, 2020
Being strong can be also feminine. I don't think feminine equals being weak. Being strong is very sexy.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Alien is gross, scary. There is something in a human being that looks at them and sees it as a cockroach. You can never feel nurturing towards the cockroach.
- Bad
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love being the bad guy, simply because I was always so responsible, so predictable growing up.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a big fan of 'Glee,' I want to do the show justice.
- Amazing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Try as hard as we may for perfection, the net result of our labors is an amazing variety of imperfectness. We are surprised at our own versatility in being able to fail in so many different ways.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent, or employer, or ruler.
- Dishonorable
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is but one pride pardonable; that of being above doing a base or dishonorable action.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was the joke about Switzerland being an island surrounded by land. This was never true.
- Mean
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a hooker does not mean being evil. The same with a pick-pocket, or even a thief. You do what you do out of necessity.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to be engaged and moved by theatre, there's nothing more disappointing than being left cold. After 'The Author,' I felt wrung out emotionally, like a used tissue.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020