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"Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do."

"Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do."

Lydia M. Child, American Activist

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"While the 1980 book was being serialized in the Sunday Times, Charles attacked it through the Observer."

"While the 1980 book was being serialized in the Sunday Times, Charles attacked it through the Observer."

Anthony Holden, British Journalist

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"I'm just observing the world. I was born into it, like you were, and then I found out there were some really disturbing aspects to being alive, like the fact that you weren't going to be alive forever - that bothered me."

"I'm just observing the world. I was born into it, like you were, and then I found out there were some really disturbing aspects to being alive, like the fact that you weren't going to be alive forever - that bothered me."

David Cronenberg, Canadian Director

Being, Fact, World

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"Being right too soon is socially unacceptable."

"Being right too soon is socially unacceptable."

Robert A. Heinlein, American Writer

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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."

"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."

Sanaa Lathan, American Actress

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"Every portal coming into this country is being attacked by those who would harvest information, both national security secrets and just the common information of private individuals and private individuals. That crime is going on, every day, on a single entity known as the Internet."

"Every portal coming into this country is being attacked by those who would harvest information, both national security secrets and just the common information of private individuals and private individuals. That crime is going on, every day, on a single entity known as the Internet."

Darrell Issa, American Politician

Being, Country, Crime, Day

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"Questions have also arisen about AIDS being transmitted to hemophiliacs via blood transfusions."

"Questions have also arisen about AIDS being transmitted to hemophiliacs via blood transfusions."

Serge Lang, American Mathematician

Being, Blood, Questions

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"I felt that I had been influenced by being in the city enough and I wanted to go off by myself to see what was going on. I remember going out there and looking in the mirror and thinking I wasn't anything."

"I felt that I had been influenced by being in the city enough and I wanted to go off by myself to see what was going on. I remember going out there and looking in the mirror and thinking I wasn't anything."

Roscoe Mitchell, American Composer

Being, Thinking

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"If we are to attract private investment, if we are to be able to make the legislature feel the moneys from taxpayers are being used properly, we must be ever vigilant of the duty to efficiently use all funds we receive."

"If we are to attract private investment, if we are to be able to make the legislature feel the moneys from taxpayers are being used properly, we must be ever vigilant of the duty to efficiently use all funds we receive."

James E. Rogers, American Educator

Being, Duty, Investment

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"Oh, I think, watching Magic, him being one of my... I'm one of his biggest fans, and just trying to emulate what he did, going out on the playground, and also playing with older guys."

"Oh, I think, watching Magic, him being one of my... I'm one of his biggest fans, and just trying to emulate what he did, going out on the playground, and also playing with older guys."

Jason Kidd, American Athlete

Being, Fans, Magic, Trying

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"Is an intelligent human being likely to be much more than a large-scale manufacturer of misunderstanding?"

"Is an intelligent human being likely to be much more than a large-scale manufacturer of misunderstanding?"

Philip Roth, American Novelist

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"In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard."

"In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard."

Billy Joel, American Musician

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"Being a press secretary is like learning to type: You're hunting and pecking for a while and then you find yourself doing the touch system and don't realize it. You're speaking for the president without ever having to go to him."

"Being a press secretary is like learning to type: You're hunting and pecking for a while and then you find yourself doing the touch system and don't realize it. You're speaking for the president without ever having to go to him."

Larry Speakes, American Public Servant

Being, Hunting, Learning, President

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"There was a great deal of peer recognition to be gained in elementary school by being able to draw well. One girl could draw horses so well, she was looked upon as a kind of sorceress."

"There was a great deal of peer recognition to be gained in elementary school by being able to draw well. One girl could draw horses so well, she was looked upon as a kind of sorceress."

Chris Van Allsburg, American Author

Being, Horses, School

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"If every year is a marble, how many marbles do you have left? How many sunrises, how many opportunities to rise to the full stature of your being?"

"If every year is a marble, how many marbles do you have left? How many sunrises, how many opportunities to rise to the full stature of your being?"

Joy Page, American Actress

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"Being compared to Ian Thorpe, that could be one of the greatest compliments you could ever get in swimming - being compared to him and Mark Spitz."

"Being compared to Ian Thorpe, that could be one of the greatest compliments you could ever get in swimming - being compared to him and Mark Spitz."

Michael Phelps, American Athlete

Being, Compliments

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"This nation is being divided into black and white, and the present system encourages this."

"This nation is being divided into black and white, and the present system encourages this."

Pauline Hanson, Australian Politician

Being, Nation, Present

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"Let me respond with a few points, the first being that all immigrants pay taxes, income taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, gasoline taxes, cigarette taxes, every tax when they make a purchase."

"Let me respond with a few points, the first being that all immigrants pay taxes, income taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, gasoline taxes, cigarette taxes, every tax when they make a purchase."

Luis Gutierrez, American Politician

Being, First, Tax, Income

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"A human being fashions his consequences as surely as he fashions his goods or his dwelling his goods or his dwelling. Nothing that he says, thinks or does is without consequences."

"A human being fashions his consequences as surely as he fashions his goods or his dwelling his goods or his dwelling. Nothing that he says, thinks or does is without consequences."

Norman Cousins, American Editor

Being, Consequences, Nothing

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"There's lots of stuff about me being a fan of Cliff but not being gay. Which suggests that he is, but he's not. Anyway, this is Channel 4, let their lawyers sort it out."

"There's lots of stuff about me being a fan of Cliff but not being gay. Which suggests that he is, but he's not. Anyway, this is Channel 4, let their lawyers sort it out."

Johnny Vegas, British Comedian

Being, Gay, Lawyers

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"Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid."

"Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid."

Kin Hubbard, American Journalist

Being, Conservative, Credit

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"I like being a big fish in a small pond. I'm not interested in a huge audience because it brings headaches."

"I like being a big fish in a small pond. I'm not interested in a huge audience because it brings headaches."

Nick Lowe, English Musician

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"You can't put off being young until you retire."

"You can't put off being young until you retire."

Philip Larkin, English Poet

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"Oh, to me not drinking is like being dead, almost. I sit here taking endless journeys down memory lane. It gets boring."

"Oh, to me not drinking is like being dead, almost. I sit here taking endless journeys down memory lane. It gets boring."

Jeffrey Bernard, British Journalist

Being, Drinking, Memory

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"But quite honestly I can't help being a passionate football supporter. If that's my sin, I'm guilty."

"But quite honestly I can't help being a passionate football supporter. If that's my sin, I'm guilty."

Delia Smith, British Entertainer

Being, Football, Help, Sin

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"It's one of the most important things at the end of the day, being able to say no to an investment."

"It's one of the most important things at the end of the day, being able to say no to an investment."

Henry Kravis, American Businessman

Being, Day, End, Investment

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"You should never rely on interviews with musicians as being factual. Most of them are mangled and even have made up stuff in them, that is to say, made up stuff by the writer or editor."

"You should never rely on interviews with musicians as being factual. Most of them are mangled and even have made up stuff in them, that is to say, made up stuff by the writer or editor."

Frank Black, American Musician

Being, Musicians, Writer

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"I like being famous when it's convenient for me and completely anonymous when it's not."

"I like being famous when it's convenient for me and completely anonymous when it's not."

Catherine Deneuve, French Actress

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"I think that, I'm sure there are gonna be some teachers who are very entrenched in the system, who are going to buy in to what they're being told, as to what the kids are being fed."

"I think that, I'm sure there are gonna be some teachers who are very entrenched in the system, who are going to buy in to what they're being told, as to what the kids are being fed."

Morgan Spurlock, American Director

Being, Kids, Teachers

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"I remember being awed by it - the uniqueness and nicety of style - and I suspect I was a bit jealous because we were more or less of the same generation."

"I remember being awed by it - the uniqueness and nicety of style - and I suspect I was a bit jealous because we were more or less of the same generation."

George Plimpton, American Journalist

Being, Style, Uniqueness

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"Their films would probably be better if they'd seen a few more films, which runs counter to this idiotic theory that you run the risk of being influenced if you see too much."

"Their films would probably be better if they'd seen a few more films, which runs counter to this idiotic theory that you run the risk of being influenced if you see too much."

Jacques Rivette, French Director

Being, Risk, Theory

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"You never stop learning. If you have a teacher, you never stop being a student."

"You never stop learning. If you have a teacher, you never stop being a student."

Elisabeth Rohm, American Actress

Being, Learning

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"I think to just single out a highlight of Elvis's career is pretty much impossible. As far as being a fan of his, a lifetime fan, there were just too many highlights."

"I think to just single out a highlight of Elvis's career is pretty much impossible. As far as being a fan of his, a lifetime fan, there were just too many highlights."

Jackie DeShannon, American Musician

Being, Career, Pretty

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"She was good at playing abstract confusion in the same way that a midget is good at being short."

"She was good at playing abstract confusion in the same way that a midget is good at being short."

Clive James, Australian Writer

Being, Confusion

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"If someone accuses me of not being born here, I can go -within 10 minutes - to my filing cabinet and I can pick up my real birth certificate and I can go, 'See? Look! Here it is. Here it is.'"

"If someone accuses me of not being born here, I can go -within 10 minutes - to my filing cabinet and I can pick up my real birth certificate and I can go, 'See? Look! Here it is. Here it is.'"

Luke Scott, American Athlete

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"Things are going very smoothly. As expected, there are some minor glitches, and the eight minutes that it took us to get to orbit, we trained months and months for, and didn't have to use any of that preparation, other than being aware and ready."

"Things are going very smoothly. As expected, there are some minor glitches, and the eight minutes that it took us to get to orbit, we trained months and months for, and didn't have to use any of that preparation, other than being aware and ready."

Laurel Clark, American Astronaut

Being, Months, Preparation

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"If you do one good thing, that doesn't define you either. Being around the kids in the juvenile center, they were engaging, they made us laugh but they were there for doing something terrible."

"If you do one good thing, that doesn't define you either. Being around the kids in the juvenile center, they were engaging, they made us laugh but they were there for doing something terrible."

Ryan Gosling, Canadian Actor

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"I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward."

"I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward."

Billie Joe Armstrong, American Musician

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"We are at crisis point. I think anybody that sees this nation as being on stable economic or fiscal ground is fooling themselves."

"We are at crisis point. I think anybody that sees this nation as being on stable economic or fiscal ground is fooling themselves."

Joe Miller, American Politician

Being, Crisis, Nation

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"I can remember the frustration of not being able to talk. I knew what I wanted to say, but I could not get the words out, so I would just scream."

"I can remember the frustration of not being able to talk. I knew what I wanted to say, but I could not get the words out, so I would just scream."

Temple Grandin, American Educator

Being, Frustration, Talk, Words

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"I just did in my early twenties what most did when they were teenagers, being free and exploring and making mistakes, but I did it in France. I did it privately."

"I just did in my early twenties what most did when they were teenagers, being free and exploring and making mistakes, but I did it in France. I did it privately."

Molly Ringwald, American Actress

Being, France, Mistakes, Teenagers

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"The one thing I would like more credit for is being part of a movement which involves recognising the importance of plot and asserting that books of literary worth could be written that had plots."

"The one thing I would like more credit for is being part of a movement which involves recognising the importance of plot and asserting that books of literary worth could be written that had plots."

Scott Turow, American Novelist

Being, Books, Credit, Importance

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"Over half a billion dollars a day is being spent by FEMA."

"Over half a billion dollars a day is being spent by FEMA."

Thad Cochran, American Politician

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"Hollywood is like being nowhere and talking to nobody about nothing."

"Hollywood is like being nowhere and talking to nobody about nothing."

Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian Director

Being, Hollywood, Nothing, Talking

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"I suppose for whatever reason I actively welcome being put down, something which perhaps goes back to my upbringing - that accusation of not being worthy which could be laid at one's door."

"I suppose for whatever reason I actively welcome being put down, something which perhaps goes back to my upbringing - that accusation of not being worthy which could be laid at one's door."

Paul Muldoon, English Poet

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"I learned so much about playing and touring being on the road and in the studio with Jeff, but I'd always played a lot of gigs in Seattle even prior to joining the Fusion."

"I learned so much about playing and touring being on the road and in the studio with Jeff, but I'd always played a lot of gigs in Seattle even prior to joining the Fusion."

Kenny G, American Musician

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"My favorite thing about being famous... it's not really as big of a deal as everybody says it is. Being on the road is tough, doing interviews, and all the stuff. It's still pretty tough."

"My favorite thing about being famous... it's not really as big of a deal as everybody says it is. Being on the road is tough, doing interviews, and all the stuff. It's still pretty tough."

Aaron Carter, American Musician

Being, Famous, Favorite, Pretty

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"Kobe enjoys that situation. Stepping up and making the big basket or being involved in a key play."

"Kobe enjoys that situation. Stepping up and making the big basket or being involved in a key play."

Jason Kidd, American Athlete

Being, Key, Play

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"Detachment produces a peculiar state of mind. Maybe that's the worst sentence of all, to be deprived of feeling what a human being ought to be entitled to feel."

"Detachment produces a peculiar state of mind. Maybe that's the worst sentence of all, to be deprived of feeling what a human being ought to be entitled to feel."

James Dickey, American Novelist

Being, Feeling, Mind, State

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"But the Constitution was made not only for southern and northern states, but for states neither northern nor southern, namely, the western states, their coming in being foreseen and provided for."

"But the Constitution was made not only for southern and northern states, but for states neither northern nor southern, namely, the western states, their coming in being foreseen and provided for."

William H. Seward, American Statesman

Being, Constitution, States

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