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"I think it was a good challenge for me to get my reactions across without being able to speak."

"I think it was a good challenge for me to get my reactions across without being able to speak."

Verne Troyer, American Actor

Being, Challenge

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"Being a Jew is like walking in the wind or swimming: you are touched at all points and conscious everywhere."

"Being a Jew is like walking in the wind or swimming: you are touched at all points and conscious everywhere."

Lionel Trilling, American Critic

Being, Walking, Wind

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"It's a wonderful feeling just being in this creative motif."

"It's a wonderful feeling just being in this creative motif."

Roy Ayers, English Musician

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"I'd like to be known for more than being the guy in the big suit."

"I'd like to be known for more than being the guy in the big suit."

David Byrne, Scottish Musician

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"I've got to go. That's one of the penalties of being a doctor. I never seem to finish a conversation."

"I've got to go. That's one of the penalties of being a doctor. I never seem to finish a conversation."

Robert M. Fresco, American Screenwriter

Being, Conversation

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"I don't care about being a star. I can do a supporting role; I don't have to be a lead."

"I don't care about being a star. I can do a supporting role; I don't have to be a lead."

Tom Berenger, American Actor

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"Some days I would be there at ten in the morning and wouldn't leave till ten at night, and the others would waltz in for a couple of hours and then leave, because I was doing that painting thing. And they were happy to see that being done."

"Some days I would be there at ten in the morning and wouldn't leave till ten at night, and the others would waltz in for a couple of hours and then leave, because I was doing that painting thing. And they were happy to see that being done."

Lindsey Buckingham, American Musician

Being, Night, Painting

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"I like television. I still believe that television is the most powerful form of communication on Earth - I just hate what is being done with it."

"I like television. I still believe that television is the most powerful form of communication on Earth - I just hate what is being done with it."

Alton Brown, American Entertainer

Being, Communication, Earth, Hate

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"An instructor once told me that when there's resistence in your body, it's only because of the resistence in your mind. It's about getting inside the pose. Being the breath."

"An instructor once told me that when there's resistence in your body, it's only because of the resistence in your mind. It's about getting inside the pose. Being the breath."

Lisa Bonet, American Actress

Being, Body, Mind

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"It's so surreal being here."

"It's so surreal being here."

Scotty McCreery, American Musician

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"The nice thing about being a writer is that you can make magic happen without learning tricks."

"The nice thing about being a writer is that you can make magic happen without learning tricks."

Humphrey Carpenter, English Author

Being, Learning, Magic, Writer

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"The moment you say, 'Please, give me a reason for this', then you are being impossible and temperamental."

"The moment you say, 'Please, give me a reason for this', then you are being impossible and temperamental."

Montserrat Caballe, Spanish Musician

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"Here was a fragment of Goddess myth that, through all its permutations, had somehow escaped being turned on its head. It was the perfect springboard for the sort of novel I wanted to write."

"Here was a fragment of Goddess myth that, through all its permutations, had somehow escaped being turned on its head. It was the perfect springboard for the sort of novel I wanted to write."

Joan D. Vinge, American Author

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"I've had a few gigs where things have got out of hand and there has been a huge crush with my fans. They are important and I don't want them being hurt. They are a mad crowd."

"I've had a few gigs where things have got out of hand and there has been a huge crush with my fans. They are important and I don't want them being hurt. They are a mad crowd."

Justin Bieber, Canadian Musician

Being, Fans, Hurt, Want

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"The petitioner's problem is to avoid Scylla without being drawn into Charybdis."

"The petitioner's problem is to avoid Scylla without being drawn into Charybdis."

Robert Jackson, American Statesman

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"I call it like I see it. I don't hold back when it comes to being candid on the hot issues."

"I call it like I see it. I don't hold back when it comes to being candid on the hot issues."

Jerry Doyle, American Actor

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"I see the effects of sexual and gender liberation all around me, just like you do, but I don't have a sense of being in the majority."

"I see the effects of sexual and gender liberation all around me, just like you do, but I don't have a sense of being in the majority."

Susie Bright, American Writer

Being, Gender, Majority, Sense

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"Mick has expressed an interest in coming to the gallery tonight because he's seen me behaving myself lately. He is being much more supportive, which is nice."

"Mick has expressed an interest in coming to the gallery tonight because he's seen me behaving myself lately. He is being much more supportive, which is nice."

Ron Wood, British Musician

Being, Interest

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"The problem and privilege we all have is being alive in this century and able to read this language. It makes any list meaningless except the list of an illiterate."

"The problem and privilege we all have is being alive in this century and able to read this language. It makes any list meaningless except the list of an illiterate."

John Sladek, American Author

Being, Language, Privilege

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"I loved Catholic school. I didn't like being beeped at by old pervs at the gas station because I was wearing a plaid skirt, though. It's like, do you think I'm going to stop and give you my phone number?"

"I loved Catholic school. I didn't like being beeped at by old pervs at the gas station because I was wearing a plaid skirt, though. It's like, do you think I'm going to stop and give you my phone number?"

Kristen Bell, American Actress

Being, Old, School

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"When writing isn't going well-then the bad thing about being a writer is that I also have the freedom and flexibility to do something badly, and no one else can fix it for me."

"When writing isn't going well-then the bad thing about being a writer is that I also have the freedom and flexibility to do something badly, and no one else can fix it for me."

Margaret Haddix, American Author

Being, Flexibility, Freedom, Writer

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"I put on the fat suit and went outside and walked around. I was really nervous about being found out, but nobody would even make eye contact with me. It really upset me."

"I put on the fat suit and went outside and walked around. I was really nervous about being found out, but nobody would even make eye contact with me. It really upset me."

Gwyneth Paltrow, American Actress

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"I think you go through a period as a teenager of being quite cool and unaffected by things."

"I think you go through a period as a teenager of being quite cool and unaffected by things."

Miranda Otto, Australian Actress

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"I pretty much built a band out of the most incredible guys I could possibly find. I didn't really want a six-piece band, but it just ended up being a six-piece band because these guys are all awesome."

"I pretty much built a band out of the most incredible guys I could possibly find. I didn't really want a six-piece band, but it just ended up being a six-piece band because these guys are all awesome."

Les Claypool, American Musician

Being, Pretty, Want

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"Being happy is very important. We won our second championship last season and we have our entire team coming back to try and defend our title again. I'm very proud of that."

"Being happy is very important. We won our second championship last season and we have our entire team coming back to try and defend our title again. I'm very proud of that."

Larry Dixon, American Politician

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"It's very frustrating not being on the air."

"It's very frustrating not being on the air."

Bruce Boxleitner, American Actor

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"In fact, quantitative findings of any material and energy changes preserve their full context only through their being seen and understood as parts of a natural order."

"In fact, quantitative findings of any material and energy changes preserve their full context only through their being seen and understood as parts of a natural order."

Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss Scientist

Being, Energy, Fact, Order

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"Nothing makes you more tolerant of a neighbor's noisy party than being there."

"Nothing makes you more tolerant of a neighbor's noisy party than being there."

Franklin P. Jones, American Journalist

Being, Nothing, Party

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"If there is a supreme being, he's crazy."

"If there is a supreme being, he's crazy."

Marlene Dietrich, American Actress

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"There is nothing better than having a personal-best day, being in shape and pushing myself beyond my own limits."

"There is nothing better than having a personal-best day, being in shape and pushing myself beyond my own limits."

Dan O'Brien, American Athlete

Being, Day, Limits, Nothing

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"He who stops being better stops being good."

"He who stops being better stops being good."

Oliver Cromwell, English Soldier

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"Impart as much as you can of your spiritual being to those who are on the road with you, and accept as something precious what comes back to you from them."

"Impart as much as you can of your spiritual being to those who are on the road with you, and accept as something precious what comes back to you from them."

Albert Schweitzer, German Theologian

Being, Road, Spiritual

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"Everyone for the most part is really nice. There have always been jokes, but that's part of being in the spotlight. You can't make everyone completely happy."

"Everyone for the most part is really nice. There have always been jokes, but that's part of being in the spotlight. You can't make everyone completely happy."

Tina Yothers, American Actress

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"I was certainly open for something being on the edge of a nervous breakdown, perplexed by my own sexuality. I was gay."

"I was certainly open for something being on the edge of a nervous breakdown, perplexed by my own sexuality. I was gay."

Lionel Blue, British Clergyman

Being, Gay, Open, Sexuality

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"One of the qualities of liberty is that, as long as it is being striven after, it goes on expanding. Therefore, the man who stands in the midst of the struggle and says, "I have it," merely shows by doing so that he has just lost it."

"One of the qualities of liberty is that, as long as it is being striven after, it goes on expanding. Therefore, the man who stands in the midst of the struggle and says, "I have it," merely shows by doing so that he has just lost it."

Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian Poet

Being, Liberty, Man, Struggle

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"My relatives used to laugh when I talked of being a writer."

"My relatives used to laugh when I talked of being a writer."

Taylor Caldwell, American Author

Being, Relatives, Writer

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"When I was 15, I changed my name legally. I think it was largely due to my struggle about being gay. Everything just didn't fit, and I was trying to find things I could identify myself with, and it started with my name."

"When I was 15, I changed my name legally. I think it was largely due to my struggle about being gay. Everything just didn't fit, and I was trying to find things I could identify myself with, and it started with my name."

Portia de Rossi, Australian Actress

Being, Gay, Name, Struggle

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"I wrapped "Buffy" and I always felt on "Buffy" that they wanted to keep me younger for a specific reason. It seemed like I was getting younger every year that I was on the show. I think there was a reference to me being 15, then 14."

"I wrapped "Buffy" and I always felt on "Buffy" that they wanted to keep me younger for a specific reason. It seemed like I was getting younger every year that I was on the show. I think there was a reference to me being 15, then 14."

Michelle Trachtenberg, American Actress

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"I got so used to being unstable that I started to only be comfortable being unstable."

"I got so used to being unstable that I started to only be comfortable being unstable."

Josh Lucas, American Actor

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"And I deal with all that by being like a perfectionist. But that's okay."

"And I deal with all that by being like a perfectionist. But that's okay."

Jennifer Lopez, American Musician

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"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."

"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

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"I think the rich will eventually have to cave in too, because the economic situation around the world is not gonna tolerate the United States being on top forever."

"I think the rich will eventually have to cave in too, because the economic situation around the world is not gonna tolerate the United States being on top forever."

Nina Simone, American Musician

Being, states, United, Will

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"The fact is that I loved being in England."

"The fact is that I loved being in England."

Martin C. Smith, American Journalist

Being, EnglFact

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"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."

"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."

Malcolm Wilson, American Politician

Being, Luck, Want

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"I knew that I wanted to be a writer even before I knew exactly what being a writer entailed."

"I knew that I wanted to be a writer even before I knew exactly what being a writer entailed."

Dan Simmons, American Author

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"I loved Rent when I first heard it, but it grew on me and so did Tick, Tick... Boom. Some songs are more interesting than others and sometimes the ones that never stood out at first end up being the best to perform."

"I loved Rent when I first heard it, but it grew on me and so did Tick, Tick... Boom. Some songs are more interesting than others and sometimes the ones that never stood out at first end up being the best to perform."

Neil Patrick Harris, American Actor

Being, End, First, Songs

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"I like doing theaters. I like being up close and personal with the fans. It's really cool."

"I like doing theaters. I like being up close and personal with the fans. It's really cool."

Ruben Studdard, American Musician

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"I'm more concerned about members of Congress being drug-free than I am about members of the Yankees or Giants."

"I'm more concerned about members of Congress being drug-free than I am about members of the Yankees or Giants."

Pat Sajak, American Entertainer

Being, Congress, Giants

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"I've made a connection with the television audience by being a proud Latino man. I am passionate for what I do, courageous in the face of peril, honest and straightforward."

"I've made a connection with the television audience by being a proud Latino man. I am passionate for what I do, courageous in the face of peril, honest and straightforward."

Geraldo Rivera, American Journalist

Being, Connection, Man, Television

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"James, that's a bad situation. I'm not saying it's not repairable, but it's pretty far. When you go from being in one of the best bands in the world to some cover band... as far as I'm concerned, he was playing down at the pub."

"James, that's a bad situation. I'm not saying it's not repairable, but it's pretty far. When you go from being in one of the best bands in the world to some cover band... as far as I'm concerned, he was playing down at the pub."

Billy Corgan, American Musician

Being, Pretty, Saying, World

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