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"Almost everything I do is related to being fat."

"Almost everything I do is related to being fat."

Camryn Manheim, American Actress

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"Be happy. It's one way of being wise."

"Be happy. It's one way of being wise."

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, French Novelist

45

"Being stuck in airports, you always end up buying perfume and sunglasses."

"Being stuck in airports, you always end up buying perfume and sunglasses."

Lexa Doig, Canadian Actress

Being, Buying, End

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"Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but being once driven up to the head, the pincers cannot take hold to draw it out, but which can only be done by the destruction of the wood."

"Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but being once driven up to the head, the pincers cannot take hold to draw it out, but which can only be done by the destruction of the wood."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

Being, Company, Destruction, Difficulty

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"Actually I don't remember being born, it must have happened during one of my black outs."

"Actually I don't remember being born, it must have happened during one of my black outs."

Jim Morrison, American Musician

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"As an Independent, she has no party backing... Her being the first Independent president trumps the fact that she's a woman. It causes even more upheaval in Washington than her being female."

"As an Independent, she has no party backing... Her being the first Independent president trumps the fact that she's a woman. It causes even more upheaval in Washington than her being female."

Geena Davis, American Actress

Being, Causes, Fact, First

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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."

"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, American Statesman

Being, Man, Wonders

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"Fort Leavenworth is in fact no fort, being without defensive works, except two block-houses."

"Fort Leavenworth is in fact no fort, being without defensive works, except two block-houses."

Francis Parkman, American Historian

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"That man is a religious being, is universally conceded, for it has been seen to be universally true."

"That man is a religious being, is universally conceded, for it has been seen to be universally true."

Simon Greenleaf, American Judge

Being, Man, Religious

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"To think Being itself explicitly requires disregarding Being to the extent that it is only grounded and interpreted in terms of beings and for beings as their ground, as in all metaphysics."

"To think Being itself explicitly requires disregarding Being to the extent that it is only grounded and interpreted in terms of beings and for beings as their ground, as in all metaphysics."

Martin Heidegger, German Philosopher

Being, Metaphysics

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"The attraction, and my particular participation is in being able to communicate with my fans, answer their questions, get a feel for how they respond to Vader."

"The attraction, and my particular participation is in being able to communicate with my fans, answer their questions, get a feel for how they respond to Vader."

David Prowse, British Actor

Being, Fans, Participation, Questions

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"Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young."

"Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young."

Duke Ellington, American Musician

Being, Famous, Fate, Want

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"One can't live mindfully without being enmeshed in psychological processes that are around us."

"One can't live mindfully without being enmeshed in psychological processes that are around us."

Philip Zimbardo, American Psychologist

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"Unbeing dead isn't being alive."

"Unbeing dead isn't being alive."

e. e. cummings, American Poet

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"They have the big ferris wheel and we've been out of town for two months, so he just was like, 'Mommy I want to go to Toys R Us and I don't care if you have a movie coming out and all that.' He was just being a kid. But I had to allow him to have that moment."

"They have the big ferris wheel and we've been out of town for two months, so he just was like, 'Mommy I want to go to Toys R Us and I don't care if you have a movie coming out and all that.' He was just being a kid. But I had to allow him to have that moment."

Nia Long, American Actress

Being, Care, Months, Want

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"I sometimes truly despair at ever being meaningfully altered and affected by the things I claim are so important to me."

"I sometimes truly despair at ever being meaningfully altered and affected by the things I claim are so important to me."

Olympia Dukakis, American Actress

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"Jazz is about being in the moment."

"Jazz is about being in the moment."

Herbie Hancock, American Musician

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"I have never seen an ass who talked like a human being, but I have met many human beings who talked like asses."

"I have never seen an ass who talked like a human being, but I have met many human beings who talked like asses."

Heinrich Heine, German Poet

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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."

"I spent an entire evening seated between Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, being charmed from either side. It was pure Hollywood magic."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

Being, Evening, Hollywood, Magic

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"I just was apologizing for maybe being a little goofy."

"I just was apologizing for maybe being a little goofy."

Guy Clark, American Musician

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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."

"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, Dutch Scientist

Being, Nothing, Students, Training

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"Never underestimate the capacity of another human being to have exactly the same shortcomings you have."

"Never underestimate the capacity of another human being to have exactly the same shortcomings you have."

Leigh Steinberg, American Businessman

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"Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid."

"Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid."

Franklin P. Jones, American Journalist

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"We were totally unprepared for such a large quantity of visitors, and in view of the preservation of the antiquities they being very crowded and in poor preservation, we were obliged to refuse admission until some preparation was made to safeguard the objects."

"We were totally unprepared for such a large quantity of visitors, and in view of the preservation of the antiquities they being very crowded and in poor preservation, we were obliged to refuse admission until some preparation was made to safeguard the objects."

Howard Carter, English Scientist

Being, Poor, Preparation, Quantity

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"Above all, this country is our own. Nobody has to get up in the morning and worry what his neighbors think of him. Being a Jew is no problem here."

"Above all, this country is our own. Nobody has to get up in the morning and worry what his neighbors think of him. Being a Jew is no problem here."

Golda Meir, Israeli Leader

Being, Country, Neighbors, Worry

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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."

"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, Scottish Actor

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"I can wholeheartedly apologize for not being at all sorry. And it really is the least I can do."

"I can wholeheartedly apologize for not being at all sorry. And it really is the least I can do."

April Winchell, American Actress

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"I had written lyrics to a song called The Silent Extreme, which Alex later renamed Humans Being."

"I had written lyrics to a song called The Silent Extreme, which Alex later renamed Humans Being."

Sammy Hagar, American Musician

Being, Extreme, Song

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"For years, I looked to Bruce Lee as a mentor as being a Chinese and Asian man living in this country."

"For years, I looked to Bruce Lee as a mentor as being a Chinese and Asian man living in this country."

Donnie Yen, Chinese Actor

Being, Country, Living, Man

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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."

"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, American Actress

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"I think for a woman, the hardest thing about growing old is becoming invisible. There's something very front and center about being young."

"I think for a woman, the hardest thing about growing old is becoming invisible. There's something very front and center about being young."

Amy Grant, American Musician

Being, Old, Woman

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"So what is discord at one level of your being is harmony at another level."

"So what is discord at one level of your being is harmony at another level."

Alan Watts, English Philosopher

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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."

"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, American Actress

44

"I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled."

"I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled."

P. G. Wodehouse, English Writer

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"Just being hired by a great director is complimentary."

"Just being hired by a great director is complimentary."

Tom Skerritt, American Actor

44

"I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else."

"I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else."

Earl Weaver, American Coach

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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."

"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, American Actress

Being, Preparation, School

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"You don't have to fight against being placed in a box any more than the number two has to fight against being the number three. I mean, two is not going to be the number three, ever."

"You don't have to fight against being placed in a box any more than the number two has to fight against being the number three. I mean, two is not going to be the number three, ever."

Michael Nesmith, American Musician

44

"He took me from not being able to write a word in terms of writing screenplays to being the king of wooden dialogue."

"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, American Director

Being, Word, Writing

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"Living with a saint is more grueling than being one."

"Living with a saint is more grueling than being one."

Christian Nestell Bovee, American Author

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"When I write, I enjoy myself so much that what is being written really needs no reader."

"When I write, I enjoy myself so much that what is being written really needs no reader."

Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban Novelist

44

"I don't want my president to be a TV star. You don't have to be on television every minute of every day - you're the president, not a rerun of 'Law & Order'. TV stars are too worried bout being popular and too concerned about being renewed."

"I don't want my president to be a TV star. You don't have to be on television every minute of every day - you're the president, not a rerun of 'Law & Order'. TV stars are too worried bout being popular and too concerned about being renewed."

Bill Maher, American Comedian

Being, Day, Order, Popular

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"The point of living and of being an optimist is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come."

"The point of living and of being an optimist is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come."

Peter Ustinov, English Actor

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"There are a lot of good things about being famous but there are a few not so good things too."

"There are a lot of good things about being famous but there are a few not so good things too."

Sharon Stone, American Actress

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"It's about not letting the internal enemy, the real enemy, have his way because the more he does the stronger he becomes. The film's about the devastating results that can manifest from the internal enemy being unbridled and allowed to unleash chaos."

"It's about not letting the internal enemy, the real enemy, have his way because the more he does the stronger he becomes. The film's about the devastating results that can manifest from the internal enemy being unbridled and allowed to unleash chaos."

Guy Ritchie, British Director

Being, Chaos, Enemy, Film

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"Careers in virtually all academic disciplines are fostered by being a superstar who knows more about one subject than anyone else in the world."

"Careers in virtually all academic disciplines are fostered by being a superstar who knows more about one subject than anyone else in the world."

Philip Zimbardo, American Psychologist

Being, Careers, World

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"Every four weeks I go up a bra size... it's worth being pregnant just for the breasts."

"Every four weeks I go up a bra size... it's worth being pregnant just for the breasts."

Natasha Hamilton, British Musician

44

"There is something wrong about being photographed that has nothing to do with vanity."

"There is something wrong about being photographed that has nothing to do with vanity."

Nigella Lawson, British Journalist

Being, Nothing, Vanity, Wrong

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

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

Zebulon Pike, American Soldier

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"A human being is so irreplaceable. So valuable and so unique."

"A human being is so irreplaceable. So valuable and so unique."

Goran Persson, Swedish Politician

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