Being Quotes
On identity, openness and staying true to yourself.
This set of quotes explores what it means to simply be: holding onto a child's spontaneity, embracing honesty that feels inappropriate in creative work, or aging with flexibility instead of resistance. For more on self-belief, see our Able quotes.
I'm certainly no Bruce Springsteen in terms of being a storyteller, but I'm trying to get a better handle on it and not always go after it from an autobiographical standpoint.
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A lot of times when I'm performing a song, it tends to take me back to where I was psychologically as the lyric was being written.
My first reaction on being awarded the Nobel Prize was, actually, I thought of Fischer Black, my colleague. He unfortunately had passed away. And there was no doubt in my mind that if he were still alive, he would have...
One characteristic of modern poetry is that arrangement of parts which strikes many people as being violent or obscure.
Hugh Everett's work has been described by many people in terms of many worlds, the idea being that every one of the various alternative histories, branching histories, is assigned some sort of reality.
Why hast thou made me born in this country, The inhabitant of which is satisfied with being a slave?
For us, holding on to religious rules, and following them, and refraining from what's forbidden, and being diligent with our duties, what do we call that? That's what we call freedom.
I just want my daughter to grow up in a society where she feels accepted being South African, German and Ukrainian.
There's no stopping same-sex dancing couples. I don't understand how people being happy can affect others so much - just let them be.
I always wanted children but I was scared. Being responsible for a baby is such a big thing so I was nervous!
I am a foodie at heart and dancer/actress by choice. For me, being fit is a priority.
Education in Emergencies signifies that the right to education is being threatened by natural causes such as tsunamis, but also, unfortunately, by man-made causes.
My main agenda as an actor is just to spend time with my characters - I am really glad that the roles being offered to me is very versatile.
We could not guard every water pipeline from being blown up and every tree from being uprooted. We could not prevent every murder of a worker in an orchard or a family in their beds.
Except for the projects in Israel, my being Israeli has contributed negatively to my global activity. It is hard for me, for example, to get projects in the Persian Gulf emirates.
The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.
