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Being Quotes
"I mean, there was a portion, of course, that I think, when I look back now, that there was a portion of what attracted me must have been the awe of him being a powerful man in this environment, not to take away from who he is as a real person."
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"Being hurt personally triggered a curiosity about how such beliefs are formed."
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"When it comes to professionalism, it makes sense to talk about being professional in IT. Standards are vital so that IT professionals can provide systems that last."
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"I'm tired of being labelled anti-American because I ask questions."
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"That's the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight. But depression is so insidious, and it compounds daily, that it's impossible to ever see the end. The fog is like a cage without a key."
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"I've enjoyed it, I have seen it once at the premiere in London and it was very nice to be invited there. But I do want to see it again now. I want to sit and watch it as a fan rather than being there at the premiere with all the lights and such."
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"Everything I do feels like It's going to end up being in Radiohead."
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"I see my role in the Bonzos as being the straight man, in many ways."
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"Out of the simple consonants of the alphabet and our eleven vowels and diphthongs all possible syllables of a certain sort were constructed, a vowel sound being placed between two consonants."
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"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."
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"My being a teacher had a decisive influence on making language and systems as simple as possible so that in my teaching, I could concentrate on the essential issues of programming rather than on details of language and notation."
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"There comes a moment on a journey when something sweet, something irresistible and charming as wine raised to thirsty lips, wells up in the traveller's being."
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"I think one probably absorbs things like a sponge and things emerge without your always being aware of it."
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"There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol."
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"A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself."
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"I can begin to understand how anchor monsters are made. If you're not careful, you can become used to being treated as though you're special and begin to expect it."
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"I am president now, and tired of being kicked around."
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"You've done it in the simulator so many times, you don't have a real sense of being excited when the flight is going on. You're excited before, but as soon as the liftoff occurs, you are busy doing what you have to do."
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"Living with a saint is more grueling than being one."
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"There are a lot of good things about being famous but there are a few not so good things too."
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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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"All I can say is that I'm going to try to coach the way I've coached in the past. And if it ends up not being good enough, then so be it."
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"The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut, one knows exactly where one is."
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"The press always ends up being much nicer than I expect. A lot of times they say something snarky about you, but then you meet them in person and they couldn't be nicer."
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"The essayist has to follow a certain intellectual pattern. The novelist has the advantage of using fantasy, of being subjective."
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"I wouldn't count myself as being a true blues guitarist because I feel you have to live it."
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"I think the voice does that perfectly adequately without being imitated by other instruments."
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"Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had."
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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."
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"Greater than scene is situation. Greater than situation is implication. Greater than all of these is a single, entire human being, who will never be confined in any frame."
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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."
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"I just needed a job. Before being hired as an usher at the CBS Theatre, I didn't even know there was a show business!"
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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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"You have a nice personality, but not for a human being."
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"Never underestimate the capacity of another human being to have exactly the same shortcomings you have."
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"I felt better being in the background. That's the way I like it."
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"The problem here is with a human being, not with a monster, not with an animal. The human being does things that even the monster does not do, because the human is more sophisticated."
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