Being Quotes
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I'm well aware that I have been described in some quarters as being 'enigmatic, taciturn, prickly, explosive and forbidding'. Well, I have my moods like anyone else; I won't deny it.
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Conflicts of interest' arise when you're not - when you're sneaky about it, when you're shady about it, when you're not transparent about it. If you tell everyone, 'Here's what's going on. Here's the process; here are the people that are playing a role' - that's being transparent.
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Being Indie wasn't a style decision anymore, which it would have been, in part, when I was really young. It would have been like an aesthetic decision, and a coolness-based decision.
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What scares me is not living up to be a good enough father to my son and letting down my family - not being there enough and not being able to give enough of yourself.
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Most of my confidence came from being with ladies, because I certainly wasn't getting any acting jobs.
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I think - a lot of times in hip-hop, especially - artists get kind of pigeonholed into being 'the guy,' and it's kind of limiting in a way.
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Everything being a constant carnival, there is no carnival left.
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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
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I believe in a supreme being, yeah. But He's an all-loving God.
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The beloved is already in our being, as thirst and "otherness." Being is eroticism. Inspiration is that strange.
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The greatest gift I've ever received is being a teacher.
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I do not want to die being known for doing baby mama DNA tests on my show.
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Every time we think about being happy again, it hurts to be alive. Because it seems an inordinate thing for us to wish for. And because we think that day will never come for us. And that's why the only thing we can do for now... ...is just try to get through each night.
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How bold one gets when one is sure of being loved.
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Prejudice comes from being in the dark; sunlight disinfects it.
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An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
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It just reminds me of being a kid and Christmastime - you know, watching TV
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I think the real risk comes in being willing to try to be authentic.
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You need not apologize for being brilliant, talented, gorgeous, rich, or smart.
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By giving the public a rich and full melody, distinctly arranged and well played, all the time creating new tone colors and patterns, I feel we have a better chance of being successful. I want a kick to my band, but I don't want the rhythm to hog the spotlight.
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Let's stop 'tolerating' or 'accepting' difference, as if we're so much better for not being different in the first place. Instead, let's celebrate difference, because in this world it takes a lot of guts to be different.
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People think being Elvira is a lot of fun - and it is - but I was doing a lot more bizarre stuff before then, just being a dancer and a showgirl and traveling around Italy in a band and working for Playboy Club, and later being a model and meeting a million and one people and being kind of a groupie... It's all been really interesting.
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If I am occasionally a little over-dressed, I make up for it by being always immensely over-educated.
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Who is richer? The man who is seen, but cannot see? Or the man who is not being seen, but can see?
