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Being Quotes


"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."


"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."


"The Jew does not wish to be isolated. He fears being alone, without allies."


"I think there are more films being made, but there are probably less outlets for them and distributors."


"There's a place in me that can really relate to being the underdog."


"Yoga is about compassion and generosity towards others. It means being mindful of the world around us."



"I admit I'm being paid well, but it's no more than I deserve. After all, I've been screwed more times than a hooker."


"Being convinced one knows the whole story is the surest way to fail."


"Liberty is the condition of duty, the guardian of conscience. It grows as conscience grows. The domains of both grow together. Liberty is safety from all hindrances, even sin. So that Liberty ends by being Free Will."



"I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull."


"It's definitely a shock to go from being 15 in high school to working. There's no real cushion there. There's no preparation at all. You learn by doing."


"The Jews have never been ashamed of being Jews, whereas homosexuals have been stupid enough to be ashamed of their homosexuality."



"We're going to see fugitives and felons, eventually, being able to get guns much more easily."


"Either you're the one erasing or you're the one being erased."


"Being a psychologist did enable me to maintain objectivity."


"Few Indians only had breech cloths, most being wrapped in buffalo robes, otherwise quite naked."



"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."


"The German language speaks Being, while all the others merely speak of Being."


"I don't find offensive that I'm being labelled a babe by blokes. I'm absolutely flattered."


"I do remember the whole thing as being very argumentative, hot blooded... a permanent state of friction between Jon and Chris, Chris and me, me and Jon."


"I am doing things that are true to me. The only thing I have a problem with is being labeled."


"Being dubbed as a hunk sort of annoys me. It gives me a yucky feeling."


"Rodents can come across as being quite vacant in the personality stakes."


"Somebody can become a celebrity for being stupid. That is what it's turned into."


"Torture is banned but in two-thirds of the world's countries it is still being committed in secret. Too many governments still allow wrongful imprisonment, murder or "disappearance" to be carried out by their officials with impunity."


"When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession."


"Being behind a camera, in front of the camera, is my own little deconstructionist niche."


"I had one nanny who made me sit in front of a bowl of porridge for three or four days running when I refused to eat it. I remember being very unhappy about that."


"Well, I've done a lot of strips since I've been here about Zippy and me being in Connecticut."
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