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"I've been allowed to grow over the past twenty years. I've managed to avoid being trapped in one moment of my career and for that, I'm very thankful."
Giovanni Ribisi
"I've been allowed to grow over the past twenty years. I've managed to avoid being trapped in one moment of my career and for that, I'm very thankful."
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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."
Gillian Anderson
"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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"I spent an entire evening seated between Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, being charmed from either side. It was pure Hollywood magic."
Lorna Luft
"I spent an entire evening seated between Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, being charmed from either side. It was pure Hollywood magic."
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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."
Edward James Olmos
"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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"The Jew does not wish to be isolated. He fears being alone, without allies."
Meir Kahane
"The Jew does not wish to be isolated. He fears being alone, without allies."
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"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it."
W. C. Fields
"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it."
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"The students that, like the wild animal being prepared for its tricks in the circus called "life", expects only training as sketched above, will be severely disappointed: by his standards he will learn next to nothing."
Edsger Dijkstra
"The students that, like the wild animal being prepared for its tricks in the circus called "life", expects only training as sketched above, will be severely disappointed: by his standards he will learn next to nothing."
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"Being a foreigner is not a disease."
Alden Nowlan
"Being a foreigner is not a disease."
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"I think there are more films being made, but there are probably less outlets for them and distributors."
Richard Linklater
"I think there are more films being made, but there are probably less outlets for them and distributors."
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"There's a place in me that can really relate to being the underdog."
Halle Berry
"There's a place in me that can really relate to being the underdog."
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"Yoga is about compassion and generosity towards others. It means being mindful of the world around us."
Christy Turlington
"Yoga is about compassion and generosity towards others. It means being mindful of the world around us."
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"Being a good teammate is when you try to sprint down a ball that everyone thinks is going out of bounds. But you go after it anyways and you get it."
Mia Hamm
"Being a good teammate is when you try to sprint down a ball that everyone thinks is going out of bounds. But you go after it anyways and you get it."
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"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."
Sean Connery
"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."
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"Being convinced one knows the whole story is the surest way to fail."
Phil Crosby
"Being convinced one knows the whole story is the surest way to fail."
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"Almost everything I do is related to being fat."
Camryn Manheim
"Almost everything I do is related to being fat."
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"Did I feel naked being naked? Yeah. Totally."
Jennifer Lawrence
"Did I feel naked being naked? Yeah. Totally."
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"I had written lyrics to a song called The Silent Extreme, which Alex later renamed Humans Being."
Sammy Hagar
"I had written lyrics to a song called The Silent Extreme, which Alex later renamed Humans Being."
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"Well, maybe so, although I don't think I am particularly gifted in languages. In fact, oddly enough, it may have something to do with my being slow at languages."
Robert Fitzgerald
"Well, maybe so, although I don't think I am particularly gifted in languages. In fact, oddly enough, it may have something to do with my being slow at languages."
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"I like being a pin-up girl. There's nothing wrong with it."
Jayne Mansfield
"I like being a pin-up girl. There's nothing wrong with it."
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"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."
John Acton
"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."
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"Next to the pleasure of finding a new mistress is that of being rid of an old one."
William Wycherley
"Next to the pleasure of finding a new mistress is that of being rid of an old one."
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"I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull."
William Congreve
"I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull."
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"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."
Emma Stone
"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."
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"Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves."
Jeremy Collier
"Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves."
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"He took me from not being able to write a word in terms of writing screenplays to being the king of wooden dialogue."
George Lucas
"He took me from not being able to write a word in terms of writing screenplays to being the king of wooden dialogue."
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"The Jews have never been ashamed of being Jews, whereas homosexuals have been stupid enough to be ashamed of their homosexuality."
Rainer W. Fassbinder
"The Jews have never been ashamed of being Jews, whereas homosexuals have been stupid enough to be ashamed of their homosexuality."
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"We're going to see fugitives and felons, eventually, being able to get guns much more easily."
Sarah Brady
"We're going to see fugitives and felons, eventually, being able to get guns much more easily."
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"That man is a religious being, is universally conceded, for it has been seen to be universally true."
Simon Greenleaf
"That man is a religious being, is universally conceded, for it has been seen to be universally true."
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"Biology has progressed tremendously due to the model that Darwin put forth. But the black boxes Darwin accepted are now being opened, and our view of the world is again being shaken."
Michael Behe
"Biology has progressed tremendously due to the model that Darwin put forth. But the black boxes Darwin accepted are now being opened, and our view of the world is again being shaken."
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"Either you're the one erasing or you're the one being erased."
Jim Carrey
"Either you're the one erasing or you're the one being erased."
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"Being a psychologist did enable me to maintain objectivity."
Pamela Stephenson
"Being a psychologist did enable me to maintain objectivity."
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"Few Indians only had breech cloths, most being wrapped in buffalo robes, otherwise quite naked."
Zebulon Pike
"Few Indians only had breech cloths, most being wrapped in buffalo robes, otherwise quite naked."
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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."
Joseph Wood Krutch
"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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"I don't get angry very often. I lose my temper rarely. And when I do, there's always a legitimate cause. Normally I have a great lightness of being. I take things in a very happy, amused way."
Julia Roberts
"I don't get angry very often. I lose my temper rarely. And when I do, there's always a legitimate cause. Normally I have a great lightness of being. I take things in a very happy, amused way."
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"The German language speaks Being, while all the others merely speak of Being."
Martin Heidegger
"The German language speaks Being, while all the others merely speak of Being."
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"Jazz is about being in the moment."
Herbie Hancock
"Jazz is about being in the moment."
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"I don't find offensive that I'm being labelled a babe by blokes. I'm absolutely flattered."
Kirsty Gallacher
"I don't find offensive that I'm being labelled a babe by blokes. I'm absolutely flattered."
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"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."
Bill Bruford
"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."
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"I just was apologizing for maybe being a little goofy."
Guy Clark
"I just was apologizing for maybe being a little goofy."
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"I am doing things that are true to me. The only thing I have a problem with is being labeled."
Johnny Depp
"I am doing things that are true to me. The only thing I have a problem with is being labeled."
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"Being dubbed as a hunk sort of annoys me. It gives me a yucky feeling."
Leonardo DiCaprio
"Being dubbed as a hunk sort of annoys me. It gives me a yucky feeling."
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"Rodents can come across as being quite vacant in the personality stakes."
Julian Clary
"Rodents can come across as being quite vacant in the personality stakes."
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"Somebody can become a celebrity for being stupid. That is what it's turned into."
Kate Hudson
"Somebody can become a celebrity for being stupid. That is what it's turned into."
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"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."
Peter Benenson
"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."
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"When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession."
James Carville
"When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession."
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"Being behind a camera, in front of the camera, is my own little deconstructionist niche."
Joshua Leonard
"Being behind a camera, in front of the camera, is my own little deconstructionist niche."
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"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."
Anjelica Huston
"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."
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"Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts."
William Gibson
"Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts."
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"Man is a special being, and if left to himself, in an isolated condition, would be one of the weakest creatures; but associated with his kind, he works wonders."
Daniel Webster
"Man is a special being, and if left to himself, in an isolated condition, would be one of the weakest creatures; but associated with his kind, he works wonders."
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"Well, I've done a lot of strips since I've been here about Zippy and me being in Connecticut."
Bill Griffith
"Well, I've done a lot of strips since I've been here about Zippy and me being in Connecticut."
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