- Great
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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
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was young, I dreamt of being a starlet in Hollywood. But there comes a point in every African American's life when you realize the limitations, that you could only play maids or some little supporting role. Even Lena Horne couldn't get good parts.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've done a lot of death cartoons - tombstones, Grim Reaper, illness, obituaries... I'm not great at analyzing things, but my guess is that maybe the only relief from the terror of being alive is jokes.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went through a lot of my life not being mindful of how I was living it. I wasn't mindful environmentally, or whether I was on track.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
We like to think of industrialization as being despicable. I don't really know what to make of it. There's something terribly brittle about it.
- Economy
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- Nov 07, 2020
When it comes to being a responsible steward of the economy, Congress needs to either lead by promoting a pro-growth economic agenda - or, better yet, get the heck out of the way.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
A-Frame became an expression of creating a place where everyone would feel comfortable, even if you were made to feel uncomfortable in restaurants before. It's a place where I explored my own insecurities as far as being mistreated in restaurants or being given the worst table.
- Lucky
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sure, I had dreams of being a star when I was 18. I could've pushed it, too, but it wouldn't have happened any sooner. I'm lucky. What's happened has happened in spite of me.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
We can do more good by being good, than in any other way.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being president of too many well-meaning organizations put my father into an early grave. The lesson in this was not lost on me.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was when I came back from Leeds that things started to change. I went from being a kid to having to man up and going into a man's game.
- Genteel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Awards shows are being pushed to shed their genteel limousine liberalism and embrace the race-gender-sexual identity agenda in full.
- Dragged
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- Nov 07, 2020