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"If any human being is to reach full maturity both the masculine and feminine sides of the personality must be brought up into consciousness."

"If any human being is to reach full maturity both the masculine and feminine sides of the personality must be brought up into consciousness."

M. Esther Harding, British Psychoanalyst

Being, Consciousness, Maturity, Personality

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

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

Tony Curtis, American Actor

Being, Environment

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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."

"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, American Athlete

Being, Committee, Fame, Honor

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"Let me tell you about being executive producer. It is not a job, it's a title. Don't go around asking executive producers what they do because they don't do anything, alright?"

"Let me tell you about being executive producer. It is not a job, it's a title. Don't go around asking executive producers what they do because they don't do anything, alright?"

Morgan Freeman, American Actor

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"Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place in terms of what's important and what's not."

"Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place in terms of what's important and what's not."

James Taylor, American Musician

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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."

"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."

Tim Berners Lee, English Inventor

Being, Professionals, Sense, Talk

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"Now all oscillatory movements of such an electron can be conceived of as being split up into force, and two circular oscillations perpendicular to this direction rotating in opposite directions."

"Now all oscillatory movements of such an electron can be conceived of as being split up into force, and two circular oscillations perpendicular to this direction rotating in opposite directions."

Pieter Zeeman, Dutch Physicist

Being, Direction, Force, Now

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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."

"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."

Elizabeth Wurtzel, American Writer

Being, Depression, End, Key

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"I am a human being; nothing human can be alien to me."

"I am a human being; nothing human can be alien to me."

Terence, Roman Writer

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"Being a motion picture actress is the pitch of ecstasy."

"Being a motion picture actress is the pitch of ecstasy."

Norma Shearer, American Actress

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"The only other thing that interested me as a kid was being a bricklayer. So if I hadn't become an actress, I would probably be a bricklayer."

"The only other thing that interested me as a kid was being a bricklayer. So if I hadn't become an actress, I would probably be a bricklayer."

Nikki Cox, American Actress

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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."

"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."

Jeremy Bulloch, British Actor

Being, London, Now, Want

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"Everybody thinks about Bo Derek as being this extravagant looking lady but she is also a wonderful actress."

"Everybody thinks about Bo Derek as being this extravagant looking lady but she is also a wonderful actress."

Wayne Rogers, American Actor

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"Being behind a camera, in front of the camera, is my own little deconstructionist niche."

"Being behind a camera, in front of the camera, is my own little deconstructionist niche."

Joshua Leonard, American Actor

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"I enjoy doing the research of nonfiction; that gives me some pleasure, being a detective again."

"I enjoy doing the research of nonfiction; that gives me some pleasure, being a detective again."

Joseph Wambaugh, American Writer

Being, Pleasure, Research

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"If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth re-electing."

"If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth re-electing."

Woodrow Wilson, American President

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"I wrote a lot of stuff quickly: pages and pages of notes that seemed pretty incoherent at first. Most of it was taken from the radio because -suddenly being a parent- I'd be confronted by the radio giving a news report every hour of the day."

"I wrote a lot of stuff quickly: pages and pages of notes that seemed pretty incoherent at first. Most of it was taken from the radio because -suddenly being a parent- I'd be confronted by the radio giving a news report every hour of the day."

Thom Yorke, English Musician

Being, Day, First, Giving

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"It's like our country is being run by a bunch of bad alcoholic dads right now."

"It's like our country is being run by a bunch of bad alcoholic dads right now."

Patton Oswalt, American Comedian

Being, Country, Now, Right

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"So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it."

"So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it."

Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian Philosopher

Being, Feeling, Listening, Words

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"There must be a happy medium somewhere between being totally informed and blissfully unaware."

"There must be a happy medium somewhere between being totally informed and blissfully unaware."

Doug Larson, American Cartoonist

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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."

"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."

Alan Shepard, American Astronaut

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"Now I can go back to being ruthless again."

"Now I can go back to being ruthless again."

Robert Kennedy, American Politician

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"Certainly one of the more common experiences in the jazz field is discovering someone new. Improvising musicians are capable of being musical travelers, voyagers. We want to join in on whatever we hear. There is a freedom to wander the musical landscape."

"Certainly one of the more common experiences in the jazz field is discovering someone new. Improvising musicians are capable of being musical travelers, voyagers. We want to join in on whatever we hear. There is a freedom to wander the musical landscape."

Gary Burton, American Musician

Being, Freedom, Jazz, Musicians

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"Complacency is a state of mind that exists only in retrospective: it has to be shattered before being ascertained."

"Complacency is a state of mind that exists only in retrospective: it has to be shattered before being ascertained."

Vladimir Nabokov, American Novelist

Being, Mind, State

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"The most terrifying thing I can think of is being alone - and I mean utterly alone, like no one else in the world alone - at night. That's the nucleus of the first story in my collection and it's also where the title came from for the book."

"The most terrifying thing I can think of is being alone - and I mean utterly alone, like no one else in the world alone - at night. That's the nucleus of the first story in my collection and it's also where the title came from for the book."

Paul Kane, English Writer

Being, First, Night, World

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"I had to start being aware of what I ate, what I'm planning to eat and take my twice-daily medication accordingly. That's not so difficult now, but when you're 10 years old, it's tough, let me tell you."

"I had to start being aware of what I ate, what I'm planning to eat and take my twice-daily medication accordingly. That's not so difficult now, but when you're 10 years old, it's tough, let me tell you."

Dana Hill, American Actress

Being, Now, Old, Planning

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"Essential to the theory of evolution is the premise that everything has come into being by itself."

"Essential to the theory of evolution is the premise that everything has come into being by itself."

Walter Lang, American Director

Being, Evolution, Theory

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"Having a great intellect is no path to being happy."

"Having a great intellect is no path to being happy."

Stephen Fry, British Comedian

Being, Intellect

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"A human being is a single being. Unique and unrepeatable."

"A human being is a single being. Unique and unrepeatable."

Eileen Caddy, English Celebrity

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"Very conscious of the fact that an effort was being made to destroy my mind, because I was deprived of books, deprived of any means of writing, deprived of human companionship. You never know how much you need it until you're deprived of it."

"Very conscious of the fact that an effort was being made to destroy my mind, because I was deprived of books, deprived of any means of writing, deprived of human companionship. You never know how much you need it until you're deprived of it."

Wole Soyinka, Nigerian Dramatist

Being, Books, Companionship, Effort

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"I think being famous is more of a hindrance, a constraint, than just letting yourself be free."

"I think being famous is more of a hindrance, a constraint, than just letting yourself be free."

Martin Yan, Chinese Celebrity

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"The essayist has to follow a certain intellectual pattern. The novelist has the advantage of using fantasy, of being subjective."

"The essayist has to follow a certain intellectual pattern. The novelist has the advantage of using fantasy, of being subjective."

Manuel Puig, Argentinian Author

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"Simply be and let your being be happy."

"Simply be and let your being be happy."

Avina Celeste, American Writer

Being, Happiness, Self, Peace

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"Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent."

"Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent."

Marilyn vos Savant, American Writer

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"You never really meet a human being until you live with them or know them for awhile, so this is my clown and they understand that and so these interviews don't bother them."

"You never really meet a human being until you live with them or know them for awhile, so this is my clown and they understand that and so these interviews don't bother them."

Shia LaBeouf, American Actor

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"I think the voice does that perfectly adequately without being imitated by other instruments."

"I think the voice does that perfectly adequately without being imitated by other instruments."

Evan Parker, British Musician

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"We were only on orbit a little over two days, so we had no adverse effects from being weightless."

"We were only on orbit a little over two days, so we had no adverse effects from being weightless."

Robert Crippen, American Astronaut

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"In my day, I, being the first supermodel, I hawked everything."

"In my day, I, being the first supermodel, I hawked everything."

Janice Dickinson, American Model

Being, Day, First

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"We are only puppets, our strings are being pulled by unknown forces."

"We are only puppets, our strings are being pulled by unknown forces."

Georg Buchner, German Dramatist

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"Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit."

"Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit."

Rita Dove, American Poet

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"One stops being a child when one realizes that telling one's trouble does not make it any better."

"One stops being a child when one realizes that telling one's trouble does not make it any better."

Cesare Pavese, Italian Poet

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"Whenever you observe an animal closely, you feel as if a human being sitting inside were making fun of you."

"Whenever you observe an animal closely, you feel as if a human being sitting inside were making fun of you."

Elias Canetti, Swiss Author

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"There may be as much nobility in being last as in being first, because the two positions are equally necessary in the world, the one to complement the other."

"There may be as much nobility in being last as in being first, because the two positions are equally necessary in the world, the one to complement the other."

Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish Philosopher

Being, First, May, Nobility

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"I was obsessed with being rich and famous."

"I was obsessed with being rich and famous."

Paul Lynde, American Comedian

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"There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about."

"There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about."

John von Neumann, American Mathematician

Being, Sense, Talking

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"The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends."

"The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends."

Peter Ustinov, English Actor

Being, Enemies, Friends

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"It's the board I had a problem with. I could totally handle being in the water and stuff. I came here to do my own stunts. Water! Ocean! Action! Big waves! That water, that water has tamed me. You can feel that the world is connected to it."

"It's the board I had a problem with. I could totally handle being in the water and stuff. I came here to do my own stunts. Water! Ocean! Action! Big waves! That water, that water has tamed me. You can feel that the world is connected to it."

Michelle Rodriguez, American Actress

Being, Water, World

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"But as a coach I wanted to keep things from being too complicated."

"But as a coach I wanted to keep things from being too complicated."

Bob Cousy, American Athlete

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"Order is a great person's need and their true well being."

"Order is a great person's need and their true well being."

Henri Frederic Amiel, Swiss Philosopher

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"I do remember the whole thing as being very argumentative, hot blooded... a permanent state of friction between Jon and Chris, Chris and me, me and Jon."

"I do remember the whole thing as being very argumentative, hot blooded... a permanent state of friction between Jon and Chris, Chris and me, me and Jon."

Bill Bruford, British Musician

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