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've always hated being hemmed in or seeing anybody being hemmed in. Even when I was the smallest child, I couldn't bear being told I couldn't drink at a so-called white drinking fountain.
There's nothing more fun than putting on an old costume and jewelry and being in a house that's decorated from the '20s or '30s or whatever.
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Directors have this mask of being in control and in charge, but underneath, I'm terrified.
I've never felt that being a woman was a competitive advantage or disadvantage.
I was happy being a journalist. I didn't realize losing my job, my identity went with it.
I know how great Alabama is. I know how great Coach Nick Saban is, and I enjoy being around his program. I will continue to enjoy being around his program.
In Madrid, there's a big street in the centre called Callao. I remember being there with my mum and pointing to one of the big film posters and saying, 'I want to be up there.' That was my dream, and...
I don't mind being compared to Whitney, there are people miles worse to be compared to.
It is so fantastic being an actress because you have the chance to be a thousand different people when you act.
We discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being.
The child is not an empty being who owes whatever he knows to us who have filled him up with it. No, the child is the builder of man. There is no man existing who has not been formed by...
The child's mind is not the type of mind we adults possess. If we call our type of mind the conscious type, that of the child is an unconscious mind. Now an unconscious mind does not mean an inferior mind....
Some people may get in to the building without the proper passes and things, but I think that's the price you pay for being an open place for people to come.
Being pretty crazy while being chased by the National Enquirer is not good. The British tabloids were the worst.
It's fascinating to see how versatile New York City is. It lends itself to being so many different places!
