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Being Quotes
"A human being must have occupation, of he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world."
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"While I drew, and wept along with the terrified children I was drawing, I really felt the burden I am bearing. I felt that I have no right to withdraw from the responsibility of being an advocate."
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"Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black."
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"Writing is the only thing I've ever done with persistence, except for being married."
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"It was great being together as a band, but much more difficult being brothers than it was being in a band."
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"I really look at my childhood as being one giant rusty tuna can that I continue to recycle in many different shapes."
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"Being out in that heat for two weeks definitely drains your energy."
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"Democracy's a very fragile thing. You have to take care of democracy. As soon as you stop being responsible to it and allow it to turn into scare tactics, it's no longer democracy, is it? It's something else. It may be an inch away from totalitarianism."
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"No man was ever eloquent by trying to be eloquent, but only by being so."
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"Most of us become parents long before we have stopped being children."
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"You don't have to worry about being a number one, number two, or number three. Numbers don't have anything to do with placement. Numbers only have something to do with repetition."
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"There's a real purity in New Zealand that doesn't exist in the states. It's actually not an easy thing to find in our world anymore. It's a unique place because it is so far away from the rest of the world. There is a sense of isolation and also being protected."
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"They weren't crazy. They were tired of being locked up. Even I could see that."
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"Once you begin being naughty, it is easier to go and on and on, and sooner or later something dreadful happens."
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"I saw it as a challenge to play with Pat and we put hours and hours into it, usually on the bus. The trick was to find something that we both wanted to play within our different styles which would add up to being greater than the sum of its parts."
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"Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented."
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"I couldn't care less about being a presenter at the Oscars."
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"Being in public with May and the children was too heavy. I was irreversibly tuned in to everyone around us."
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"The Alien is gross, scary. There is something in a human being that looks at them and sees it as a cockroach. You can never feel nurturing towards the cockroach."
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"I have bursts of being a lady, but it doesn't last long."
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"I saw the excitement, going to different places, being able to explore emotion in a healthy way."
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"When I was first starting out, and I was less established, I was really concerned about being typecast."
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"I never learned to verbalize an abstract musical concept. No thank you. The whole point of being a serious musician is to avoid verbalization whenever you can."
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"I think by being happy it actually affects the way that you look too."
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"This is New York, and there's no law against being annoying."
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"Being a good television screenwriter requires an understanding of the way film accelerates the communication of words."
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"My own being can be judged by the depths I reach in making these historical origins my own."
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"It is a very difficult job, being the servant of two masters."
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"I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion."
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"Consumers are increasingly feeling that they are being taken for a ride."
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"I always try to keep that feeling of being on the edge. I'm afraid of knowing too well and seeming mechanical."
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"Generally, I end up being the one thrown against the wall, because Zach is the drummer. He's stronger than me."
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