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Being Quotes
"Somebody can become a celebrity for being stupid. That is what it's turned into."
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"Any concept of one person being superior to another can lead to racism."
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"I like to stay busy, I like to stay focused, and I like to stay creative. Without being creative I'd be dead."
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"Being convinced one knows the whole story is the surest way to fail."
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"Being a motion picture actress is the pitch of ecstasy."
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"After being Washington's aide for four years and becoming the hero of Yorktown, Hamilton was viewed with a great deal of suspicion because of his association with Tories."
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"There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate executive."
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"Fugitive slaves were rare then, and as a fugitive slave lecturer, I had the advantage of being the first one out."
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"A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself."
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"The standards are being lowered, not just on the Internet, but in all of news and media."
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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."
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"It is finer to bring one noble human being into the world and rear it well... than to kill ten thousand."
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"Frankly, I don't mind not being President. I just mind that someone else is."
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"Fort Leavenworth is in fact no fort, being without defensive works, except two block-houses."
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"Living with a saint is more grueling than being one."
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"Androgyny refers to a specific way of joining the 'masculine' and 'feminine' aspects of a single human being."
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"Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day - 23 minutes - and that's supposed to be enough."
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"I believe that the fact and the reality of homosexuality and heterosexuality and of opposite and same-gender unions should be taught in our public schools without a value judgement system also being offered."
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"Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them."
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"But, in fact, there is nothing that can bring you closer to fearlessness about everything else in the world than being a parent - because everyday fears - like not being approved of - pale by comparison to the fears you have about your children."
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"I am the epitome of a walking contradiction for various reasons, only one of which being that I feel my existence is of heaven and hell."
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"The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others."
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"Then I think the sense of it being one community breaks down; but if you know instantly and respond within twenty-four hours, it's a very different sort of situation."
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"But it's true, when you see some television, you carry it with you. It's like 90210. Tell me what young shows were being done then... We were thrilled about the ratings around the world."
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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."
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"Being a Brady comes with it's pleasures and its baggage. I'm not one given to a lack of privacy and invasion."
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"Gain a modest reputation for being unreliable and you will never be asked to do a thing."
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"Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid."
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"I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles."
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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."
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"We've had it very clear to the Bosnians that our obligation to equip and train their forces is completely conditional on the foreign forces being gone."
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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."
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"I'm not going to say what was being used in the clubhouse; whatever happens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse. But it was not like it was in your face."
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"I don't mind doing interviews. I don't mind answering thoughtful questions. But I'm not thrilled about answering questions like, 'If you were being mugged, and you had a lightsaber in one pocket and a whip in the other, which would you use?'"
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"I get satisfaction of three kinds. One is creating something, one is being paid for it and one is the feeling that I haven't just been sitting on my ass all afternoon."
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"I did spend a year in high school being obsessed with Fleetwood Mac."
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"I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled."
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"If you look at yourself as a star, you've already lost something in the portrayal of any human being."
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