Quotes with being

Quotes 1341 till 1360 of 1877.

  • Cat Stevens The fact that the Prophet cared for every human being and tried his best to ensure their security in the hereafter must be the most telling of his compassionate and merciful characteristics.
    Cat Stevens
    British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (1948 - )
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  • Atom Egoyan The father's greatest folly is that he believes he can be a much more simple person than he is; he is not really able to deal with his own complexity as a human being.
    Atom Egoyan
    Armenian-Canadian stage and film director and writer (1960 - )
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  • Mignon McLaughlin The fear of being laughed at makes cowards of us all.
    The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
    Mignon McLaughlin
    American writer, editor (1913 - 1983)
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  • Ben Bernanke The Federal Reserve's job is to do the right thing, to take the long-run interest of the economy to heart, and that sometimes means being unpopular. But we have to do the right thing.
    Ben Bernanke
    American economist (1953 - )
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  • Billy Campbell The feeling of being at sea has put me in touch with who I am to a greater degree than if I had been on land all these years. So, in a roundabout way, I imagine it does inform my acting.
    Billy Campbell
    American film and television actor (1959 - )
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  • Anthony Minghella The feeling of not belonging, of not being entirely worthy, of being sometimes hostage to your own sensibilities. Those things speak to me very personally.
    Anthony Minghella
    British film director, playwright and screenwriter (1954 - 2008)
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  • John Ruskin The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Bruce Springsteen The first day I can remember looking into a mirror and being able to stand what I saw was the day I had a guitar in my hand.
    Bruce Springsteen Talking
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Bing Gordon The first time I had a secretary, I was sheepish about being demanding or even asking questions.
    Bing Gordon
    American video game executive and technology venture capitalist
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  • Bonnie Hunt The first time I was on 'Johnny Carson,' I remember being so scared, but the minute he started talking to me, I felt a little more comfortable because I just knew he was going to take care of me. Hopefully, I have learned something from watching him for so many years that I can offer that to a guest.
    Bonnie Hunt
    American actress, comedian, director and producer (1961 - )
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  • Barbara Deming The free man must be born before freedom can be won, and the brotherly man must be born before full brotherhood can be won. It will come into being only if we build it out of our very muscle and bone - by trying to act it out.
    Two essays: On anger, New men, new women : some thoughts on nonviolence
    Barbara Deming
    American feminist and advocate (0 - 1984)
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  • Kofi Annan The gap between the rich and the poor cannot keep growing without nothing being done about it.
    Kofi Annan
    Ghanaian diplomat (1938 - 2018)
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  • Salman Rushdie The glamour of being forbidden must not be underestimated.
    Salman Rushdie
    Engels writer (1947 - )
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  • Carl Rogers The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.
    Carl Rogers
    American psychologist (1902 - 1987)
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  • Umberto Eco The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.
    Umberto Eco
    Italian writer and critic (1932 - 2016)
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  • Busy Philipps The good thing about being pregnant is that I don't have to worry about sucking it in or dieting!
    Busy Philipps
    American actress and writer (1979 - )
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  • Arnold Bennett The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut, one knows exactly where one is.
    Arnold Bennett
    British novelist (1867 - 1931)
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  • Freya Stark The great and almost only comfort about being a woman is that one can always pretend to be more stupid than one is and no one is surprised.
    Freya Stark
    British travel story writer (1893 - 1993)
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  • George Bernard Shaw The great danger of conversion in all ages has been that when the religion of the high mind is offered to the lower mind, the lower mind, feeling its fascination without understanding it, and being incapable of rising to it, drags it down to its level by degrading it.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Bill Walton The great thing about being a broadcaster is you have this incredible responsibility to the people that make it all happen, the people that turn on the television set.
    Bill Walton
    American basketball player (1952 - )
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