"I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being."

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"The other thing that happened was my last military assignment - this was in the air force; I had enlisted in order to avoid being drafted as a private, and of course I only practiced medicine or psychiatry in the air force so I was never in any kind of violent combat."

Robert Jay Lifton, American Psychologist

Being, Force, Medicine, Military

"Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon."

E. L. Doctorow, American Author

Being, Fact, Feeling, Writing

"I'm excited about being an owner, it's got my competitive juices going. I'm scared, but excited as well."

Roger Staubach, American Athlete

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"I don't know if I like being the sentimental favorite."

John Elway, American Athlete

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"I can begin to understand how anchor monsters are made. If you're not careful, you can become used to being treated as though you're special and begin to expect it."

Anderson Cooper, American Journalist

Being,

"If the secret of being a bore is to tell all, the secret of pleasing is to say just enough to be - not understood, but divined."

Remy de Gourmont, French Novelist

Being,

"A year ago I was in the city of Genoa, and I found that it returned seven representatives to the Sardinian Parliament at Turin, seven being its fair share, calculated according to the population of the various cities and districts of the Sardinian kingdom."

John Bright, British Politician

Being, Cities, Parliament, Population

"The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may depend, ought certainly to be possessed of abilities equal to so important a station and so extensive a command."

William Falconer, Scottish Poet

Being, Fate, May

"Being a famous actress may give you a sense of being important, but believe me, it's just an illusion."

Juliette Binoche, French Actress

Being, Famous, Illusion, May

"Being in public with May and the children was too heavy. I was irreversibly tuned in to everyone around us."

Sammy Davis, Jr., American Entertainer

Being, Children, May, Public

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"I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life."

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"My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important."

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"We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists... in the loved one, perfection."

Perfection

"So I had to be careful. I recognized the responsibility that, whether I liked it or not, I had to accept whatever the obligation was. That was to behave in a manner, to carry myself in such a professional way, as if there ever is a reflection, it's a positive one."

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"I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be."

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"I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people."

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"The other thing that happened was my last military assignment - this was in the air force; I had enlisted in order to avoid being drafted as a private, and of course I only practiced medicine or psychiatry in the air force so I was never in any kind of violent combat."

"Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon."

"I'm excited about being an owner, it's got my competitive juices going. I'm scared, but excited as well."

"I don't know if I like being the sentimental favorite."

"I can begin to understand how anchor monsters are made. If you're not careful, you can become used to being treated as though you're special and begin to expect it."

"If the secret of being a bore is to tell all, the secret of pleasing is to say just enough to be - not understood, but divined."

"A year ago I was in the city of Genoa, and I found that it returned seven representatives to the Sardinian Parliament at Turin, seven being its fair share, calculated according to the population of the various cities and districts of the Sardinian kingdom."

"The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may depend, ought certainly to be possessed of abilities equal to so important a station and so extensive a command."

"Being a famous actress may give you a sense of being important, but believe me, it's just an illusion."

"Being in public with May and the children was too heavy. I was irreversibly tuned in to everyone around us."

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"I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life."

"My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important."

"We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists... in the loved one, perfection."

"So I had to be careful. I recognized the responsibility that, whether I liked it or not, I had to accept whatever the obligation was. That was to behave in a manner, to carry myself in such a professional way, as if there ever is a reflection, it's a positive one."

"I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be."

"I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people."

"I'll always be chasing you... Glory."

"So it's been kind of a long road, but it was a good journey altogether."

"To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed."

"The journey has been incredible from its beginning."