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Being Quotes
"Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder."
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"The sexes in each species of being... are always true equivalents - equals but not identical."
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"Here's probably a short answer - I never feel in this piece that I'm stepping out and being Andrea Martin. I always feel like I'm Golde, so whatever Golde would do within those realms, that's what I would do."
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"You don't marry one person; you marry three: the person you think they are, the person they are, and the person they are going to become as the result of being."
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"It is important to experiment and endlessly seek after creating the best possible flavors when preparing foods. That means not being afraid to experiment with various ingredients."
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"The panic of the Depression loosened my inhibitions against being different. I could be myself."
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"The feeling of not belonging, of not being entirely worthy, of being sometimes hostage to your own sensibilities. Those things speak to me very personally."
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"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is."
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"A saint is a person who gives of themself without asking for anything in return. That's how simple it is to be a saint. Try it! Try being a saint."
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"You have to protect yourself, your body, your being. You cannot treat it badly; you have to keep it, make as sensitive as possible."
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"At first, I thoroughly enjoyed being famous."
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"I'm so gullible. I'm so damn gullible. And I am so sick of me being gullible."
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"I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull."
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"I can begin to understand how anchor monsters are made. If you're not careful, you can become used to being treated as though you're special and begin to expect it."
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"We're always on the side of the animal that's being chased. We always seem to be on the side of the rabbit or the fox and not on the side of the hounds."
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"Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them."
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"We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since things require a seed to start from... Therefore there is not anything which returns to nothing, but all things return dissolved into their elements."
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"It is sometimes easier to head an institute for the study of child guidance than it is to turn one brat into a decent human being."
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"There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know."
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"After I did nine years of a television series, I didn't want to do anything really that involved going to a set and being in front of a camera for quite a while. And when I did start to want to do things, I wanted to focus more on film."
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"There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag."
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"A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated."
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"Yoga is about compassion and generosity towards others. It means being mindful of the world around us."
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"Being convinced one knows the whole story is the surest way to fail."
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"The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being."
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"Put this restriction on your pleasures, be cautious that they injure no being that lives."
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"I like being near the top of a mountain. One can't get lost here."
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"As I slowly managed to take what I had learned into a transition from contestant to announcer and warm-up, I first had to prove myself on pilots. And as you know, many pilots are taped for each show that is lucky enough to breakthrough to being a series."
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"Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it."
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"Being a psychologist did enable me to maintain objectivity."
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