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Being Quotes
"A theater is being given over to market forces, which means that a whole generation that should be able to do theater as well as see it is being completely deprived."
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"I am still in shock and awe at being fired."
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"Being a soldier, fighting for this country, is neither Republican nor Democrat."
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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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"I think that's the great thing about music: It can communicate emotionally. And you don't have to necessarily get all of the words. I mean you have to know what is being said, but didn't you find even if you didn't get all of the words, you certainly get the emotion?"
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"When you write something it has to hit the level that you accept as being good."
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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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"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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"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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"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 a woman has only bothered me in climbing trees."
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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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"Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms."
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"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."
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"There was the joke about Switzerland being an island surrounded by land. This was never true."
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"Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species."
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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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"Tax rates should never be raised in some brackets without being raised in all brackets."
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"One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often."
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"Anybody who enjoys being in the House of Commons probably needs psychiatric help."
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"Every human being you see in the course of a day has a problem that's sucking up at least 70 percent of his or her radar."
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"There's a lot of ingredients go into being a good tennis player."
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"Gentlemen, we are being killed on the beaches. Lets go inland and be killed."
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"Being Politically Correct means always having to say you're sorry."
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"The child benefits more from being valued than evaluated."
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"Yes, we are all different. Different customs, different foods, different mannerisms, different languages, but not so different that we cannot get along with one another. If we will disagree without being disagreeable."
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"Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from."
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"In all our contacts it is probably the sense of being really needed and wanted which gives us the greatest satisfaction and creates the most lasting bond."
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"I realize that homosexuality is a serious problem for anyone who is - but then, of course, heterosexuality is a serious problem for anyone who is, too. And being a man is a serious problem and being a woman is, too. Lots of things are problems."
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"Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise."
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