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Being Quotes
"For me, I've always taken being on a set as my school, because I've been working since I was ten."
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"Well, mines was a sub machine gun. That was my personal weapon with being the first person in the patrol. I used to lead the patrol. Used to have a leading scout, a second scout and then the officer. The officer would be third. As I say, it was educational."
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"Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me."
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"A three year old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set of swings as it does out of finding a small green worm."
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"The excitement that you were feeling about a special, unique path for yourself as a woman is all part of your identification with and attachment to being female. And that's ultimately all ego."
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"Everything this series is being built up to be - I think it's going to live up to those expectations."
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"Being constantly with children was like wearing a pair of shoes that were expensive and too small. She couldn't bear to throw them out, but they gave her blisters."
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"So nonetheless given the importance that was placed on sport in Australia, I wanted to be part of that scene, particularly since I had felt very strongly in my early schooling being marginalised even in the Catholic school."
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"That was me under the bath and the water being held down. The director wanted it to look as real as possible so he told Keanu, in front of me, don't go easy on her. So it was scary."
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"If someone is being absolutely critical of me as a driver, what could they say? I am also critical of myself to try and keep things in perspective. That is very important."
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"I am still in shock and awe at being fired."
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"Being a writer was never a choice, it was an irresistible compulsion."
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"We wanted to be achievers, but being an achiever didn't mean that you stopped being a woman."
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"Being nominated is a great thrill, and we like to say that all four of us were nominated, which means that our director, Anthony Page was nominated four times."
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"I learned more about myself by being an RN than anything else I've ever done."
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"I think being a movie star is about whether an audience can watch you and care about you."
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"One cannot help being impressed by the protesters. They have begun each day of the protest in Kiev in prayer and all activities are accomplished with a collective sense of respect, kindness, and an intention to conduct a peaceful revolution."
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"But communication is two-sided - vital and profound communication makes demands also on those who are to receive it... demands in the sense of concentration, of genuine effort to receive what is being communicated."
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"Anybody who enjoys being in the House of Commons probably needs psychiatric help."
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"There are many advantages in their being accustomed to the use of arms, and no possible disadvantage."
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"Somehow, I had the feeling that I was responsible for Harry being dead. I remembered all the times that I wished he were dead, all the times I had dreamed of killing him. I got to thinking that maybe my wishing had finally killed him."
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"Picasso said once when being interviewed that one should not be one's own connoisseur."
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"I enjoy being Jewish, but I'm an atheist... I hate fundamentalism in all its forms. Jews, Catholics, Baptists, I think they are all potty and capable of destroying the world."
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"It's hard being black. You ever been black? I was black once - when I was poor."
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"There's a lot of maintenance that goes into being a professional singer."
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"Man need not be degraded to a machine by being denied to be a ghost in a machine."
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"You have the biggest impact on controlling, on affecting local lives as mayor. It's so much more important than being a state legislator."
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"I'm still a firm believer that we were definitely put here to use our minds, and that is what makes us different. And that that's the key. If there is anything that is going to stop mankind from being such a beastly, destructive creature, it is reason."
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"Being married is kind of like being a Ken-doll; you don't get to dress yourself anymore."
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"I have become down-hearted, I have become discouraged, I have become depressed. I'm just like you. I'm a human being and I have my problems."
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"When I was about eight, I decided that the most wonderful thing, next to a human being, was a book."
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"I don't want to achieve immortality by being inducted into the Hall of Fame. I want to achieve immortality by not dying."
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"Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms."
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"My perfect guy wears Converse, is totally laid back, and doesn't worry about being cool."
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"Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg."
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"One in four children being victimized? That's about seven children in every classroom. That's a significant proportion of the population."
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