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.
President Obama's policies have been categorical failures for our country. Unemployment is over nine percent, our deficits are growing, and small businesses are being burdened with regulations.
I found early on in teaching, if you're too blunt an instrument, the students discredit you and think you're just being mean. They're not interested in what you have to say.
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I've known Harvey for over 40 years and I worked with him on the Burnett show for 11 years. I guess you could say we're about as close as you can get to being a comedy team.
I find there is something very intimate about being the voice in someone's ear when they're driving.
I didn't dream of being in television or film. But then I got married pretty young and had children, and I wanted to feed the children, so I worked a lot of film and television.
The thing that keeps me being a performer is my interest in society's obsession with identity, because I'm not sure that I really believe identity exists.
I'm used to being in creative environments where people throw out a lot of ideas.
What's happening internally is eventually what will take AOL back to being a growth company.
All too often on film sets, what happens is everybody gets worried about an actor being sick, a car not turning up, or the weather not being right rather than what we're ending up with onscreen.
Drama and comedy, to me, are all about being surprising, coherent, and true, all at once.
I think that there are a lot of things that come along with being a musician, but I don't want to whine about them. I don't want to complain about my job.
My point of view as a writer has to be a lot more ego-less than just like being some performer on stage with a hairdo.
As much as I love being a singer-songwriter, I love throwing down on stage and letting it all out.
I am comfortable in my character's skin. I am uncomfortable being in my own skin.
I definitely think there is a lot of expectation and pressure being a star's son.
I will benefit from being a part of this industry, but I also want the industry to benefit from me.
I did envisage being this successful as a player, but not all the hysteria around it off the golf course.
Criticism is part of being in the marketplace. If you can't take a bit of criticism, you shouldn't bother publishing a book.
