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Being Quotes


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


"Actually, I don't really like being confused with my image."


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


"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."


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


"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."


"I remember being shocked when I came out from under the focusing cloth after a minute or two being submerged within that, at the startling green color of those ferns."


"Secrecy is thus, so to speak, a transition stadium between being and not-being."


"I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull."


"Being in touch with the natural world is crucial."


"Being idealistic really helps you overcome some of the many obstacles put in your path."


"I'm learning a lot about myself being alone, and doing what I'm doing."



"The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is."


"Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it."


"She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist."


"As soon as I landed at Malta I found that though I could go to Tunis I could not go away without being quarantined for ten days and if I remained in Malta I must stay a week."


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


"Sugar Ray Leonard was as close as anyone came after Ali to being Ali, but he wasn't Ali."



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


"Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them."


"Even for the most difficult scenes, and there are difficult scenes in the film, and because Michael Haneke is such a great film-maker - I think a great film-maker is not only being inspired, but how to do it, how to make it as real as possible, knowing that it's not real."


"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."


"Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift... The hangover comes the day after."


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


"Apart from being interested in a good role, I think it's necessary to make up your mind as to whether it will make a movie that will entertain an audience all over the world and not just in your own backyard."


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


"I get a kick out of being an outsider constantly. It allows me to be creative."
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