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.
A degree is an asset, but it doesn't mean anything by itself. It's just another asset. So is being persuasive, having good personality, being smart.
Culture is important. Wars are fought over culture. It's not just about folks showing up and being hoity-toity. Culture is about definition.
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I didn't have any concept of Trainspotting being published. It was a selfish act. I did it for myself.
Yet Aristotle's excellence of substance, so far from being associated with the grand style, is associated with something that at times comes perilously near jargon.
The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.
There are now hundreds of thousands of new engineers that are being trained in China. If people start finding themselves losing their jobs, not to the Chinese here but because China has become such a dominant force - then there...
Soybeans really need an uplift, being on the dull side, but, like dull people, respond readily to the right contacts.
Our Bollywood stars who talk of being part of 100 crore films, I think I belong to the 1,000 crore club.
Being chief selector has been the most challenging role of my cricket career, as I was heavily criticised for my decisions, and I couldn't respond much.
There's a physicality and confidence to Americans; they're very present. That's something I enjoy being around because it rubs off on you.
I know there are some actors who are just brilliant at improvising and brilliant at just being in the moment and doing it there and then. I'm not one of those actors.
That's one of the things we love about being an actor. We get to change things up all the time to remain fresh.
