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 think everybody's crazy, and if I'm the one being a little direct about it, that's fine by me.
When I was very little, I was sort of consumed by a love for opera. Weirdly enough, I went from being really enthusiastic about construction vehicles at the age of seven to being really passionate about 'La Traviata' by the...
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It should seem, then, that the nature of society dictates another, a higher branch, whose superiority arises from its being the interested and natural conservator of the universal interest.
I think to be oversensitive about cliches is like being oversensitive about table manners.
If we can't stamp out literature in the country, we can at least stop its being brought in from outside.
It's very joyful to be in a productive, creative mood, but I find a lot of joy in learning and being told stories.
When it is about technology, there is this tendency to just reject all criticism as being anti-technological and anti-modern. I think this is very unhealthy.
For me, being leftist means fighting against injustice and inequality but, most of all, we want to live well.
I love to fish. I love the peacefulness of being around the water.
When Kelly was born, I thought seriously about retirement. But I wanted to see if it was possible to mix being a mother with tennis and the two combined very well.
Is it a surprise that into the vessel, in which the mercury has no inclination and no repugnance, not even the slightest, to being there, it should enter and should rise in a column high enough to make equilibrium with...
When you are up close to an opera singer, hearing this incredible volume of noise coming from a human being - it's beyond belief.
If you are connected to your own internal being, it is very hard to be screwing and destroying and hurting another human being, because you'll be feeling what they're feeling. If you're separated, it's not a hard thing to do...
I don't particularly like going on about being gay or making a big thing about it, but I think it's a bit of a pain to be secretive about it.
Although being economics editor sounds impressive, it does not mean I actually edit anything. It mainly reflects two decades of title-inflation at the BBC, which has given ever more status to senior reporters, presumably because it is cheaper to do...
