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Being Quotes


"Yes, I mean, There's nothing like it. There is an added sense of pressure because of that, but there's also nothing like the thrill you get being in the same space with that audience right there and then. And when you do it, it's over."


"When I was about eight, I decided that the most wonderful thing, next to a human being, was a book."


"But we will lose the millions of records being created daily in a dizzying array of electronic forms unless we find a way to preserve and keep them accessible indefinitely."


"I think every player listens out for his name being sung and it's something I really enjoy."


"The moment you say, 'Please, give me a reason for this', then you are being impossible and temperamental."


"But when we came out of camp, that's when I first realized that being in camp, that being Japanese-American, was something shameful."


"If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do was hit .400."


"When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition. If you don't understand what it's about, you're depriving yourself of being really able to communicate this poem."


"But I say these things in an objective dispassionate manner because, you know, and I can't explain why, but being one of the greatest guitarists in the world simply is not very important to me."


"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."


"Working hard is great, being lazy sometimes is great, but failed potential is the worst."


"Being a singer now I have to get all fussy... I must have my ginger and lemon and all that."


"It's very strong after the birth. It's extraordinary. You can't watch anything to do with kids being harmed."


"I was asked to memorise what I did not understand; and, my memory being so good, it refused to be insulted in that manner."


"We heard later through the grapevine that we were being compared to the Furious 5, and because of that we were getting feedback that they were saying that we werent all that, that we were copying them... blah blah blah."


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


"I enjoy being recognized whatever environment I'm in."


"Scripture makes it clear to me that there is an obligation to speak out on behalf of those being persecuted."


"I associate my motion picture career more with being unhappy and scared, or being under the gun, than with anything pleasant."


"I started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I could."


"The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are."


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


"No person in the world ever lost anything by being nice to me."


"I didn't plan on being a comedian. I didn't plan on getting married and I didn't plan on having kids, but I did all those things."


"If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth re-electing."


"For me, I've always taken being on a set as my school, because I've been working since I was ten."


"I like being on this stage because it keeps me thinking."


"I look forward to being older, when what you look like becomes less and less an issue and what you are is the point."


"Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes."


"I am so tired of being told by Democratic operatives to "suck it up" because so many other profound issues are at stake."


"Put this restriction on your pleasures, be cautious that they injure no being that lives."
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