Quotes with being

Quotes 1161 till 1180 of 1877.

  • Marcel Proust People who are not in love fail to understand how an intelligent man can suffer because of a very ordinary woman. This is like being surprised that anyone should be stricken with cholera because of a creature so insignificant as the comma bacillus.
    Marcel Proust
    French writer and critic (1871 - 1922)
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  • Stephen R. Covey People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will find that it withers until they are literally ''being lived.'' They are acting out scripts written by parents, associates and society.
    Stephen R. Covey
    American educator, author and businessman (1932 - 2012)
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  • Vaclav Havel People who live in the post-totalitarian system know only too well that the question of whether one or several political parties are in power, and how these parties define and label themselves, is of far less importance than the question of whether or not it is possible to live like a human being.
    Vaclav Havel
    Czech statesman, writer and former dissident (1936 - 2011)
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  • Barry Schwartz People who work in financial services don't have one shred of concern about the well-being of the people they serve. They're only interested in themselves.
    Barry Schwartz
    American psychologist (1946 - )
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  • Henry Morgan People with insufficient personalities are fond of cats. These people adore being ignored.
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  • John Updike Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self-solitude is the enemy of well-being.
    John Updike
    American writer and criticus (1932 - 2009)
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  • Philip Larkin Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting. People you know, yet can't quite name.
    Philip Larkin
    English poet, novelist and librarian (1922 - 1985)
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  • Samuel Johnson Perhaps man is the only being that can properly be called idle.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Charles Dudley Warner Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly every one who tries his power touches the walls of his being.
    Charles Dudley Warner
    American writer (1829 - 1900)
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  • Sir Cecil Beaton Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.
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  • Germaine Greer Perhaps women have always been in closer contact with reality than men: it would seem to be the just recompense for being deprived of idealism.
    Germaine Greer
    Australian writer and public intellectual (1939 - )
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  • Bobbi Brown Personalized beauty is about each woman being able to create her own makeup routine that complements her coloring and style.
    Bobbi Brown
    American professional makeup artist, author and public speaker
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  • Winston Churchill Personally i'm always ready to learn, although i do not always like being taught.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Winston Churchill Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Bradley Cooper Personally, I've made myself a very small window of what I enjoy in this business, which is I love being a big part of the storytelling process.
    Bradley Cooper
    American actor and filmmaker (1975 - )
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  • Carlo Collodi Pinocchio, spurred on by the hope of finding his father and of being in time to save him, swam all night long.
    Pinocchio
    Carlo Collodi
    Italian author, humorist and journalist (1826 - 1890)
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  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from.
    Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    English poet and critic (1772 - 1834)
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  • Sir John Harvey Planning is an unnatural process; it is much more fun to do something. The nicest thing about not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise, rather than being preceded by a period of worry and depression.
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  • Beyonce Knowles Playing Etta James in the movie 'Cadillac Records' really changed me. It was a darker character, and I realized that if anything is too comfortable, I want to run from it. It's no fun being safe.
    Beyonce Knowles
    American singer and actress (1981 - )
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  • Roland Barthes Pleasure is continually disappointed, reduced, deflated, in favor of strong, noble values: Truth, Death, Progress, Struggle, Joy, etc. Its victorious rival is Desire: we are always being told about Desire, never about Pleasure.
    Roland Barthes
    French writer, literary critic, linguist and philosopher (1915 - 1980)
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