Quotes with being

Quotes 1761 till 1780 of 1877.

  • Edward F. Benson When one is happy there is no time to be fatigued; being happy engrosses the whole attention.
    Edward F. Benson
    English writer and archaeologist (1867 - 1940)
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  • Bryan Batt When people ask, 'What role are you dying to play?' I always say, 'The one being written for me right now.'
    Bryan Batt
    American actor (1963 - )
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  • Betty Friedan When she stopped conforming to the conventional picture of femininity she finally began to enjoy being a woman.
    Betty Friedan
    American feministisch writer (1921 - 2006)
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  • Barry Zito When someone becomes successful or rich and famous, people perceive that person as being different. But I'm the same guy I've always been.
    Barry Zito
    American baseball pitcher and musician (1978 - )
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  • Carol Burnett When someone who is known for being comedic does something straight, it' s always 'a big breakthrough' or a 'radical departure.' Why is it no one ever says that if a straight actor does comedy? Are they presuming comedy is easier?
    Carol Burnett
    American actress, comedian, singer, and writer (1933 - )
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  • Cameron Sinclair When sustainability is viewed as being a matter of survival for your business, I believe you can create massive change.
    Cameron Sinclair
    British architect and writer (1973 - )
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  • Thich Nhat Hanh When we come into contact with the other person, our thoughts and actions should express our mind of compassion, even if that person says and does things that are not easy to accept. We practice in this way until we see clearly that our love is not contingent upon the other person being lovable.
    Thich Nhat Hanh
    Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist (1926 - )
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  • Bootsy Collins When we got with George, he didn't care what was happening. He liked how crazy we were looking and dressing. I kinda liked being with George more so at the time, because George let us do what we wanted to do. But I needed both lessons.
    Bootsy Collins
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1951 - )
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  • Jiddu Krishnamurti When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely - the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears- when you give your whole attention to it.
    Jiddu Krishnamurti
    Indian theosophist (1895 - 1986)
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  • Ernest Becker When we understand that man is the only animal who must create meaning, who must open a wedge into neutral nature, we already understand the essence of love. Love is the problem of an animal who must find life, create a dialogue with nature in order to experience his own being.
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  • Baltasar Gracian When you find Fortune favorable, stride boldly forward, for she favors the bold, and being a woman, the young.
    Baltasar Gracian
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • Cate Blanchett When you go to a concert, part of being there is that you're all hearing the same thing. It's about being in a crowd. If you go to a gig and there are two people there, then it's not the same thing.
    Cate Blanchett
    Australian actress and theatre (1969 - )
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  • Carrie-Anne Moss When you play a doctor, you have to look like you can do it but you don't actually go and do it. It's not like you learn how to cut open somebody and go do surgery. You have to think of a human being and not play the idea of what that would look like.
    Carrie-Anne Moss
    Canadian actress (1967 - )
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  • Billy Collins When you put a poem on a Kindle, the lines are broken in order to fit on the screen. And so instead of being the poet's decision, it becomes the device's decision.
    Billy Collins
    American poet (1941 - )
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  • Russell Hoban When you suffer an attack of nerves you're being attacked by the nervous system. What chance has a man got against a system?
    Russell Hoban
    American writer (1925 - 2011)
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  • Georges Bernanos When you think of the huge uninterrupted success of a book like Don Quixote, you're bound to realize that if humankind have not yet finished being revenged, by sheer laughter, for being let down in their greatest hope, it is because that hope was cherished so long and lay so deep!
    Georges Bernanos
    French writer (1888 - 1948)
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  • Britney Spears When you tour, it's so hard on the body. Being in one place is cool. It's a more stable environment.
    Britney Spears
    American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress (1981 - )
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  • Ann Coulter When you try to figure out what the religious right is, it ultimately comes down either to one man, Pat Robertson, or anyone who believes in a higher being and wants their taxes cut.
    Ann Coulter
    American far-right media pundit and author (1961 - )
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  • Barkhad Abdi When you work with a great director, you realise you are far from being a director.
    Barkhad Abdi
    Somali–American actor and director (1985 - )
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  • Bel Powley When you're a teenager, your essence is so specific to being a teenager, and everything becomes so extreme. Your emotions are on the surface, and you oscillate between different things at one time.
    Bel Powley
    English actress (1992 - )
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