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Being Quotes
"The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness."
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"I'm a human being, I'm not a machine. I'm 72. I'm dyslexic."
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"Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid."
89
"Truthfully, I've never seen myself as being too thin. Sometimes I'll look at photos and be like, 'Oh, that's not a good look.' But generally speaking, I'm not too thin."
88
"It's about not letting the internal enemy, the real enemy, have his way because the more he does the stronger he becomes. The film's about the devastating results that can manifest from the internal enemy being unbridled and allowed to unleash chaos."
84
"A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed."
80
"Being sober on a bus is, like, totally different than being drunk on a bus."
77
"This Republic was called into being, organized, and is upheld, by a great political doctrine."
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"I suppose being his twin made me understand Robin that much more easily."
75
"The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are."
75
"No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical."
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"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common."
73
"He who could have been a torch and stoops to being a pair of jaws is a deserter."
72
"Dr. King is so inspiring, so impressive, so moving as a human being."
72
"You could say, in a vulgar Freudian way, that I am the unhappy child who escapes into books. Even as a child, I was most happy being alone. This has not changed."
72
"So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?"
72
"Well I think they broke the mould when they made me and being humble is one of my great assets."
72
"When I'm on stage the savage in me is released. It's like going back to being a cave man. It takes me six hours to come down after a show."
72
"It's better to be boldly decisive and risk being wrong than to agonize at length and be right too late."
72
"Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself."
72
"Don't worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon."
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"The human being is not the lord of beings, but the shepherd of Being."
70
"Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose."
70
"As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag."
70
"Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes."
70
"A little tough talk in the midst of a campaign or as part of a presidential debate cannot obscure a record of 30 years of being on the wrong side of defense issues."
70
"No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person."
70
"But when we came out of camp, that's when I first realized that being in camp, that being Japanese-American, was something shameful."
69
"We don't mind being ripped apart, but don't rip the songs apart. They're like our kids."
69
"It's not just being called to the ministry that counts."
69
"Being a singer is a way for me to get to a platform to do more."
69
"Put this restriction on your pleasures, be cautious that they injure no being that lives."
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"Some literary types subscribe to the notion that being a writer like Salinger entitles a person to remain free of the standards that might apply to mere mortals."
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