"The simple fact of existence, of being aware that you are aware; this to me is the most astounding fact."

Being, Existence, Fact

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"The simple fact of existence, of being aware that you are aware; this to me is the most astounding fact."

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"One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often."

Erich Fromm, American Psychologist

Being, World

"Initiative is doing the right thing without being told."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Being, Right

"Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent."

Jonathan Swift, Irish Writer

Being, Censure, Tax, Man

"The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions."

Jean Rostand, French Scientist

Being, Nobility

"You cannot be a hero without being a coward."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Being,

"The surest method of being incomprehensible or, moreover, to be misunderstood is to use words in their original sense; especially words from the ancient languages."

Karl Schlegel, German Philosopher

Being, Sense, Words

"I loved being in Close Encounters, just to watch Steven Spielberg working was exciting."

Bob Balaban, American Actor

Being,

"Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us."

Jane Austen, British Writer

Being, May, Opinion, Pride

"Stop aspiring and start being. The world needs you!"

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Being, Inspirational, Truth, Happiness, Wisdom

"Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"If you're lucky, and not a lot of actors are these days, you get the chance to create a character."

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"But I am not going to live for ever. And the more I know it, the more amazed I am by being here at all."

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"I listen to XM radio because I can get so many overseas news stations."

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"I was held hostage and almost executed by a man who was robbing us in the middle of the night."

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"One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often."

"Initiative is doing the right thing without being told."

"Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent."

"The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions."

"You cannot be a hero without being a coward."

"The surest method of being incomprehensible or, moreover, to be misunderstood is to use words in their original sense; especially words from the ancient languages."

"I loved being in Close Encounters, just to watch Steven Spielberg working was exciting."

"Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us."

"Stop aspiring and start being. The world needs you!"

"Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so."

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"The perfection in theater is that it's over the second it's done."

"David Cronenberg knows what we actors do as artists."

"I just looked at him because I want to be looking in someone's eyes when I die."

"I want to prove a point. That point is, actors are artists, not narcissists necessarily."

"Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful."

"If you're lucky, and not a lot of actors are these days, you get the chance to create a character."

"But I am not going to live for ever. And the more I know it, the more amazed I am by being here at all."

"I listen to XM radio because I can get so many overseas news stations."

"I was held hostage and almost executed by a man who was robbing us in the middle of the night."