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"Dr. King is so inspiring, so impressive, so moving as a human being."

"Dr. King is so inspiring, so impressive, so moving as a human being."

Michael Bolton, American Musician

Being, Inspiring

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"Being sober on a bus is, like, totally different than being drunk on a bus."

"Being sober on a bus is, like, totally different than being drunk on a bus."

Ozzy Osbourne, English Musician

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"You know, I grew up with brothers so I'm used to being the only girl."

"You know, I grew up with brothers so I'm used to being the only girl."

Kyra Sedgwick, American Actress

Being, Brothers

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"No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical."

"No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical."

Niels Bohr, Danish Physicist

Being, Thinking

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"I can remember crying on the set of Beverly Hills 90210 after being released from the show a few years ago."

"I can remember crying on the set of Beverly Hills 90210 after being released from the show a few years ago."

Hilary Swank, American Actress

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"The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness."

"The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness."

Norman Cousins, American Editor

Being, Loneliness, Quest

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"Be - don't try to become."

"Be - don't try to become."

Osho, Indian Philosopher

Being, Self-Discovery

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"Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone."

"Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone."

Paul Tillich, German Theologian

Being, Glory, Loneliness, Pain

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"A human being is so irreplaceable. So valuable and so unique."

"A human being is so irreplaceable. So valuable and so unique."

Goran Persson, Swedish Politician

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"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."

"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."

Angus Young, Scottish Musician

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"Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves."

"Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves."

U. Thant, Burmese Statesman

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"Almost anything makes me laugh, especially jokes at my own expense. And I will never, ever admit to being ticklish anywhere."

"Almost anything makes me laugh, especially jokes at my own expense. And I will never, ever admit to being ticklish anywhere."

Judd Nelson, American Actor

Being, Jokes, Will

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"No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person."

"No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person."

Bernadette Peters, American Actress

Being, Thinking

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"I'd worked in Clockwork Orange with Stanley Kubrick and since Stanley was such a prestigious director this opened all sorts of doors for me - one of them being Star Wars."

"I'd worked in Clockwork Orange with Stanley Kubrick and since Stanley was such a prestigious director this opened all sorts of doors for me - one of them being Star Wars."

David Prowse, British Actor

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"Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry is own weight, this is a frightening prospect."

"Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry is own weight, this is a frightening prospect."

Eleanor Roosevelt, American First Lady

Being, Freedom, Responsibility, Want

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"Don't worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon."

"Don't worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon."

John Madden, American Entertainer

Being, Blind, Worry

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"I admire Ginsberg as a poet, despite the fact that he seems not to know when he is being good and when he is bad. But he will last, or at least those poems will last."

"I admire Ginsberg as a poet, despite the fact that he seems not to know when he is being good and when he is bad. But he will last, or at least those poems will last."

Leslie Fiedler, American Critic

Being, Fact, Poems, Will

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"Life is a dancing mind, loving heart, caring soul, and wandering thoughts."

"Life is a dancing mind, loving heart, caring soul, and wandering thoughts."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Being, Life, Mind, Heart, Soul

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"I suppose being his twin made me understand Robin that much more easily."

"I suppose being his twin made me understand Robin that much more easily."

Maurice Gibb, Australian Musician

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"Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent."

"Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent."

Marilyn vos Savant, American Writer

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"It's been tough for me being away from the game."

"It's been tough for me being away from the game."

Saku Koivu, Finnish Athlete

15

"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."

"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."

Slavoj Zizek, Slovenian Philosopher

15

"In my opinion FOX is known for being a network that just advertises, and that's pretty much how they get their viewers."

"In my opinion FOX is known for being a network that just advertises, and that's pretty much how they get their viewers."

Alia Shawkat, American Actress

Being, Network, Opinion, Pretty

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"A close associate of his gave an interview in which the book was described as quotes 'fiction from being to end'. I suffered trial by tabloid for a couple of weeks, lots of insults in the press, in the columns - this man should be put in the tower and so on."

"A close associate of his gave an interview in which the book was described as quotes 'fiction from being to end'. I suffered trial by tabloid for a couple of weeks, lots of insults in the press, in the columns - this man should be put in the tower and so on."

Anthony Holden, British Journalist

Being, End, Insults, Man

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"We're always on the side of the animal that's being chased. We always seem to be on the side of the rabbit or the fox and not on the side of the hounds."

"We're always on the side of the animal that's being chased. We always seem to be on the side of the rabbit or the fox and not on the side of the hounds."

Norman Jewison, Canadian Director

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"Manuel Rosales is being unjustly persecuted. He won't return to Venezuela under these circumstances, because Peru will never expel him."

"Manuel Rosales is being unjustly persecuted. He won't return to Venezuela under these circumstances, because Peru will never expel him."

Javier Valle-Riestra, Peruvian Lawyer

Being, Circumstances, Will

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"The feeling of not belonging, of not being entirely worthy, of being sometimes hostage to your own sensibilities. Those things speak to me very personally."

"The feeling of not belonging, of not being entirely worthy, of being sometimes hostage to your own sensibilities. Those things speak to me very personally."

Anthony Minghella, British Director

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"Democracy was being saved from Communism by getting rid of democracy."

"Democracy was being saved from Communism by getting rid of democracy."

Juan Bosch, Dominican Republican Statesman

Being, Communism, Democracy, Dominicanrepublican

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"Being a singer is a way for me to get to a platform to do more."

"Being a singer is a way for me to get to a platform to do more."

Chaka Khan, American Musician

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"Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts."

"Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts."

William Gibson, American Writer

Being, Children, Nation

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"Having had a reputation for being sexy is a great prop to lean on now."

"Having had a reputation for being sexy is a great prop to lean on now."

Greta Scacchi, Italian Actress

Being, Now, Reputation

14

"A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed."

"A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed."

Ansel Adams, American Photographer

14

"I'm busy doing my job, and being a loudmouth doesn't appeal to me as much as when I was younger and had the youthful delusion that I was smarter than everybody else."

"I'm busy doing my job, and being a loudmouth doesn't appeal to me as much as when I was younger and had the youthful delusion that I was smarter than everybody else."

Steve Albini, American Musician

Being, Delusion, Job

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"The attraction, and my particular participation is in being able to communicate with my fans, answer their questions, get a feel for how they respond to Vader."

"The attraction, and my particular participation is in being able to communicate with my fans, answer their questions, get a feel for how they respond to Vader."

David Prowse, British Actor

Being, Fans, Participation, Questions

14

"I think I have come to a place where I'm able to feel more comfortable about being honest."

"I think I have come to a place where I'm able to feel more comfortable about being honest."

June Jordan, American Writer

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"I am hoping, though, that many of them have kids, who, when they have a moment to take a break from their iPods, Internet, or Google, will explain to their parents running the country just how the world is being flattened."

"I am hoping, though, that many of them have kids, who, when they have a moment to take a break from their iPods, Internet, or Google, will explain to their parents running the country just how the world is being flattened."

Thomas Friedman, American Journalist

Being, Country, Internet, Kids

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"I don't follow other players or the tournaments they play. I have my own schedule and do my own thing. I never really think, 'Oh, I want to be or play like so-and-so.' I just like being myself."

"I don't follow other players or the tournaments they play. I have my own schedule and do my own thing. I never really think, 'Oh, I want to be or play like so-and-so.' I just like being myself."

Maria Sharapova, Russian Athlete

Being, Play, Want

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"We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line."

"We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line."

Langston Hughes, American Poet

Being, Censorship, Writers

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"You have to protect yourself, your body, your being. You cannot treat it badly; you have to keep it, make as sensitive as possible."

"You have to protect yourself, your body, your being. You cannot treat it badly; you have to keep it, make as sensitive as possible."

Klaus Kinski, German Actor

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"I don't like being out in public too much. I don't like going to bars. I don't like doing celebrity stuff."

"I don't like being out in public too much. I don't like going to bars. I don't like doing celebrity stuff."

Adam Sandler, American Actor

Being, Celebrity, Public

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"Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are."

"Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are."

Soren Kierkegaard, Danish Philosopher

13

"No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish."

"No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish."

John Ruskin, English Writer

13

"Being slightly paranoid is like being slightly pregnant - it tends to get worse."

"Being slightly paranoid is like being slightly pregnant - it tends to get worse."

Molly Ivins, American Journalist

12

"Being born in a stable does not make one a horse."

"Being born in a stable does not make one a horse."

Arthur Wellesley, English Soldier

12

"Shaking hands with the Queen of England was a long way from being forced to sit in the colored section of the bus going into downtown Wilmington, North Carolina."

"Shaking hands with the Queen of England was a long way from being forced to sit in the colored section of the bus going into downtown Wilmington, North Carolina."

Althea Gibson, American Athlete

Being, England, Queen

12

"As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag."

"As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag."

Patti Smith, American Musician

12

"My chances of being PM are about as good as the chances of finding Elvis on Mars, or my being reincarnated as an olive."

"My chances of being PM are about as good as the chances of finding Elvis on Mars, or my being reincarnated as an olive."

Boris Johnson, British Politician

12

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

"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

12

"For years, I looked to Bruce Lee as a mentor as being a Chinese and Asian man living in this country."

"For years, I looked to Bruce Lee as a mentor as being a Chinese and Asian man living in this country."

Donnie Yen, Chinese Actor

Being, Country, Living, Man

12

"Without individuals feeling safe and having an environment of safety, they then have reluctance of taking part in the city of being active. They wind up wanting to leave the city. That's more detrimental."

"Without individuals feeling safe and having an environment of safety, they then have reluctance of taking part in the city of being active. They wind up wanting to leave the city. That's more detrimental."

Dick Powell, American Actor

Being, Environment, Feeling, Safety

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