"I mean, I like to think of myself as being strong and independent, but I definitely wasn't like that at 14."

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"I mean, I like to think of myself as being strong and independent, but I definitely wasn't like that at 14."

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

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Being, Nothing

"It feels kinda weird being back in a high school cause I haven't been in a high school for about a year. So um, it's kinda interesting coming back, and y'know seeing the lockers, with all the signs, the handmade signs, so being in high school again is a little bit strange but in a good way."

Taylor Swift, American Musician

Being, Cause, School

"Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or a vital deficiency, opinion swings between considering intellect a privilege and seeing it as a handicap."

Jacques Barzun, American Educator

Being, Intellect, Opinion, Privilege

"That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Being, Boasts, Self

"Being a mum has made me a lot more responsible, it's not just me anymore. But it's also brought me the most joy ever!"

Nicole Appleton, Canadian Musician

Being, Joy

"Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a being thrown on to the scrap-heap."

Simone de Beauvoir, French Writer

Being, Holiday, May, Rejection

"I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs."

Joseph Addison, English Writer

Being, Garden, Songs, Value

"The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Being, Desire

"I remember being shocked when I came out from under the focusing cloth after a minute or two being submerged within that, at the startling green color of those ferns."

John Sexton, American Educator

Being,

"I'm such a video game fan that being able to do voices in video games is just fantastic."

Will Friedle, American Actor

Being, Games

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"You know what? It's a great conversation starter, right? You meet friends that way. Sometimes it's a good thing. And then other times, I guess, the person is just a little too... then you kind of like want to back away. It depends on the person, you know?"

Conversation

"Obviously you don't want to be anonymous, but you don't want everyone to know your life."

Life

"For Astrid, no matter what challenges they go through, they are going to face each other. It's hard for a daughter to accept that her mother is that selfish and that terrible."

Mother

"I don't think I'll ever be comfortable with the idea of being famous."

Idea

"I did musicals from about age 10 to 18."

Age

"I still get really nervous, though, before each performance. It kind of hits about 15 minutes before we go onstage - sometimes I don't even want to go on. But once I'm onstage I'm fine."

Performance

"I don't know... I don't want people to know everything about me."

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

"It feels kinda weird being back in a high school cause I haven't been in a high school for about a year. So um, it's kinda interesting coming back, and y'know seeing the lockers, with all the signs, the handmade signs, so being in high school again is a little bit strange but in a good way."

"Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or a vital deficiency, opinion swings between considering intellect a privilege and seeing it as a handicap."

"That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest."

"Being a mum has made me a lot more responsible, it's not just me anymore. But it's also brought me the most joy ever!"

"Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a being thrown on to the scrap-heap."

"I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs."

"The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so."

"I remember being shocked when I came out from under the focusing cloth after a minute or two being submerged within that, at the startling green color of those ferns."

"I'm such a video game fan that being able to do voices in video games is just fantastic."

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"I just want to act. I just want to do the work."

"I like to take a character and develop it."

"I've always loved acting with adults versus like the whole High School feel."

"You know what? It's a great conversation starter, right? You meet friends that way. Sometimes it's a good thing. And then other times, I guess, the person is just a little too... then you kind of like want to back away. It depends on the person, you know?"

"Obviously you don't want to be anonymous, but you don't want everyone to know your life."

"For Astrid, no matter what challenges they go through, they are going to face each other. It's hard for a daughter to accept that her mother is that selfish and that terrible."

"I don't think I'll ever be comfortable with the idea of being famous."

"I did musicals from about age 10 to 18."

"I still get really nervous, though, before each performance. It kind of hits about 15 minutes before we go onstage - sometimes I don't even want to go on. But once I'm onstage I'm fine."

"I don't know... I don't want people to know everything about me."