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"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."
Michael C. Hall
"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."
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"Hollywood is like being nowhere and talking to nobody about nothing."
Michelangelo Antonioni
"Hollywood is like being nowhere and talking to nobody about nothing."
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"When I was about eight, I decided that the most wonderful thing, next to a human being, was a book."
Margaret Walker
"When I was about eight, I decided that the most wonderful thing, next to a human being, was a book."
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"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."
Allen Weinstein
"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."
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"It's so surreal being here."
Scotty McCreery
"It's so surreal being here."
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"I think every player listens out for his name being sung and it's something I really enjoy."
Steven Gerrard
"I think every player listens out for his name being sung and it's something I really enjoy."
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"Elegance is innate. It has nothing to do with being well dressed. Elegance is refusal."
Diana Vreeland
"Elegance is innate. It has nothing to do with being well dressed. Elegance is refusal."
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"The moment you say, 'Please, give me a reason for this', then you are being impossible and temperamental."
Montserrat Caballe
"The moment you say, 'Please, give me a reason for this', then you are being impossible and temperamental."
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"But when we came out of camp, that's when I first realized that being in camp, that being Japanese-American, was something shameful."
George Takei
"But when we came out of camp, that's when I first realized that being in camp, that being Japanese-American, was something shameful."
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"If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do was hit .400."
Ted Williams
"If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do was hit .400."
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"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."
Dexter Gordon
"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."
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"There are many great wine producers from all over the world making fantastic wines. Italian wines especially are making an enormous comeback after sometimes being labeled as inexpensive jug wines."
Rocco DiSpirito
"There are many great wine producers from all over the world making fantastic wines. Italian wines especially are making an enormous comeback after sometimes being labeled as inexpensive jug wines."
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"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."
John Fahey
"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."
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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."
Eleanor Roosevelt
"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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"Working hard is great, being lazy sometimes is great, but failed potential is the worst."
Campbell Scott
"Working hard is great, being lazy sometimes is great, but failed potential is the worst."
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"A traveller on foot in this country seems to be considered as a sort of wild man or out-of-the way being, who is stared at, pitied, suspected, and shunned by everybody that meets him."
Karl Philipp Moritz
"A traveller on foot in this country seems to be considered as a sort of wild man or out-of-the way being, who is stared at, pitied, suspected, and shunned by everybody that meets him."
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"Am I being typecast as a horrible person? I don't know. I don't think so. But if it happens, I'd rather get to play that, because there's nothing fun about being sweet. Sweet can be so boring, so I'd be happy staying away from that."
January Jones
"Am I being typecast as a horrible person? I don't know. I don't think so. But if it happens, I'd rather get to play that, because there's nothing fun about being sweet. Sweet can be so boring, so I'd be happy staying away from that."
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"Being a singer now I have to get all fussy... I must have my ginger and lemon and all that."
Graham Coxon
"Being a singer now I have to get all fussy... I must have my ginger and lemon and all that."
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"Worry compounds the futility of being trapped on a dead-end street. Thinking opens new avenues."
Cullen Hightower
"Worry compounds the futility of being trapped on a dead-end street. Thinking opens new avenues."
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"There's no huge, deep message in any of the songs. We recorded a few months of being human."
Layne Staley
"There's no huge, deep message in any of the songs. We recorded a few months of being human."
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"I think Morse's thing about being a poor policeman but a good detective is a very good description of him."
John Thaw
"I think Morse's thing about being a poor policeman but a good detective is a very good description of him."
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"It's very strong after the birth. It's extraordinary. You can't watch anything to do with kids being harmed."
Julie Walters
"It's very strong after the birth. It's extraordinary. You can't watch anything to do with kids being harmed."
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"I was asked to memorise what I did not understand; and, my memory being so good, it refused to be insulted in that manner."
Aleister Crowley
"I was asked to memorise what I did not understand; and, my memory being so good, it refused to be insulted in that manner."
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"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."
Kool Moe Dee
"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."
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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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"I enjoy being recognized whatever environment I'm in."
Tony Curtis
"I enjoy being recognized whatever environment I'm in."
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"The honor I feel today being inducted into the Hall of Fame is beyond what words can describe. My thanks to the Hall of Fame committee, who saw fit to bestow this great honor upon me today."
Hank Stram
"The honor I feel today being inducted into the Hall of Fame is beyond what words can describe. My thanks to the Hall of Fame committee, who saw fit to bestow this great honor upon me today."
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"Presence is more than just being there."
Malcolm Forbes
"Presence is more than just being there."
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"Scripture makes it clear to me that there is an obligation to speak out on behalf of those being persecuted."
Frank R. Wolf
"Scripture makes it clear to me that there is an obligation to speak out on behalf of those being persecuted."
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"I associate my motion picture career more with being unhappy and scared, or being under the gun, than with anything pleasant."
Francis Ford Coppola
"I associate my motion picture career more with being unhappy and scared, or being under the gun, than with anything pleasant."
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"I started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I could."
James Taylor
"I started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I could."
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"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."
Eleanor Roosevelt
"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."
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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 Indian is not blood as much as it is culture."
Tony Hillerman
"Being Indian is not blood as much as it is culture."
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"No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness."
Alan Alda
"No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness."
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"Shortly after this I was made a member of the boys' choir, it being found that I possessed a clear, strong soprano voice. I enjoyed the singing very much."
James Weldon Johnson
"Shortly after this I was made a member of the boys' choir, it being found that I possessed a clear, strong soprano voice. I enjoyed the singing very much."
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"No person in the world ever lost anything by being nice to me."
Lillie Langtry
"No person in the world ever lost anything by being nice to me."
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"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."
Rodney Carrington
"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."
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"If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth re-electing."
Woodrow Wilson
"If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth re-electing."
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"For me, I've always taken being on a set as my school, because I've been working since I was ten."
Ethan Embry
"For me, I've always taken being on a set as my school, because I've been working since I was ten."
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"I like being on this stage because it keeps me thinking."
Robert Goulet
"I like being on this stage because it keeps me thinking."
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"James, that's a bad situation. I'm not saying it's not repairable, but it's pretty far. When you go from being in one of the best bands in the world to some cover band... as far as I'm concerned, he was playing down at the pub."
Billy Corgan
"James, that's a bad situation. I'm not saying it's not repairable, but it's pretty far. When you go from being in one of the best bands in the world to some cover band... as far as I'm concerned, he was playing down at the pub."
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"Be happy. It's one way of being wise."
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
"Be happy. It's one way of being wise."
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"I look forward to being older, when what you look like becomes less and less an issue and what you are is the point."
Susan Sarandon
"I look forward to being older, when what you look like becomes less and less an issue and what you are is the point."
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"Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes."
George Soros
"Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes."
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"Feeling better is not actually being better."
James Randi
"Feeling better is not actually being better."
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"We can do more good by being good, than in any other way."
Rowland Hill
"We can do more good by being good, than in any other way."
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"I am so tired of being told by Democratic operatives to "suck it up" because so many other profound issues are at stake."
David Mixner
"I am so tired of being told by Democratic operatives to "suck it up" because so many other profound issues are at stake."
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"Put this restriction on your pleasures, be cautious that they injure no being that lives."
John Zimmerman
"Put this restriction on your pleasures, be cautious that they injure no being that lives."
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"I leave before being left. I decide."
Brigitte Bardot
"I leave before being left. I decide."
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