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Being Quotes


"I was stuck in the benefits of being a known comedian."


"I think the hardest thing to overcome is judging yourself and being your own worst critic so to speak."


"I have a bad reputation for being temperamental."



"Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being."


"Interesting enough, we had a reunion of the 12 of us who graduated, right? The only one who wasn't there was the guy who became a priest, and he was literally in prison in Libya, for being a Catholic priest. Isn't that interesting? Everybody else made the reunion but that guy."


"The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy."


"Taylor being married and so on, that does evolve the dynamic on the road."


"If we can't stamp out literature in the country, we can at least stop its being brought in from outside."


"Being attractive and being credible can and do go together."


"Conversely, I came to realize that being good at something is hardly a reason to avoid doing it."


"I have the reputation of being easygoing. But inside, I'm like nails. I will kill."


"Someday perhaps I'll have to get a grownup job... but for now I'm having too much fun being a reporter."


"Being a reporter seems a ticket out to the world."


"I get a kick out of being an outsider constantly. It allows me to be creative."


"First round of the tournament being a Major, I think the butterflies were a little different than that."


"Being hurt personally triggered a curiosity about how such beliefs are formed."


"To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well."


"The best part about being with a group is that you don't have to do everything alone. You're with your friends."


"Often I look back and see that I had been many kinds of a fool-and that I had been happy in being this or that kind of fool."


"'m thrilled to be joining the incredible team at ABC News. Being asked to anchor 'This Week' and the superb tradition started by David Brinkley, is a tremendous and rare honor, and I look forward to discussing the great domestic and international issues of the day."


"I feel cheated never being able to know what it's like to get pregnant, carry a child and breast feed."


"Once the Mass is restored to its rightful place, we will again see choirs being developed."


"You get used to being lazy doing films, but classical theatre's going to finish me off."


"I am really looking forward as I get older and older, to being less and less nice."



"Being a villain is great, even though I've only gotten to do it a few times."


"I don't mind doing interviews. I don't mind answering thoughtful questions. But I'm not thrilled about answering questions like, 'If you were being mugged, and you had a lightsaber in one pocket and a whip in the other, which would you use?'"


"I don't even like to talk about it. I hated being a number and not merely because I was a very small one. I let them bellow at me for just as long as it took me to find enough pluck to bellow back at them."


"Everyone has to find their own way, it's just that I don't want to go that way myself. If a band likes being on a major and feels happy there, good luck to them."


"I'm really not an avowed heterosexual. I'm no more proud of it than of being white or tall."



"I like being on this stage because it keeps me thinking."


"Well, you know what they say in Hollywood - the most important thing is being sincere, even if you have to fake it."
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