Being Quotes
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Prejudice comes from being in the dark; sunlight disinfects it.
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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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Happiness consists not in having, but of being, not of possessing, but of enjoying. It is the warm glow of a heart at peace with itself.
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Those who die without being forgotten get longevity.
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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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Since I was in my early twenties, at ABC, I was always only interested in things that were not already being done.
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I never had time to dream about being anyone else.
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If, then, there must be something eternal, let us see what sort of Being it must be. And to that it is very obvious to Reason, that it must necessarily be a cogitative Being. For it is as impossible to conceive that ever bare incogitative Matter should produce a thinking intelligent Being, as that nothing should of itself produce Matter.
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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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I believe in a supreme being, yeah. But He's an all-loving God.
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The greatest gift I've ever received is being a teacher.
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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?
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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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Being frightened is not the same as being a coward. Maybe he was as brave as anyone else there, because he went to catch a dragon despite knowing what dragons are like.
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I'm not sure I'm going to be that type of artist but I do love cultural icons. Like Solange has been really great at that. Releasing her album end of last year and being really strong in their sound, bands like Little Dragon, artists like James Blake. You know their music when you hear them. They have a really particular sound and it's really cultural and people copy that sound. You hear it in other songs and you're like 'That's a James Blake tune'.
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You need not apologize for being brilliant, talented, gorgeous, rich, or smart.
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The greatest happiness comes from being vitally interested in something that excites all your energies.
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It's the middle class that feels the luxury of being able to have causes.
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I think the real risk comes in being willing to try to be authentic.
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The highest level of creativity consists in being, not doing. When the being is intense enough, when the words are spoken enough, when the thoughts are thought enough, the doing will automatically follow.
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If speculative ideas can not be tested, they're not science; they don't even rise to the level of being wrong.
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Some people can't stand being alone. I love solitude and silence. But when I come out of it, I'm a regular talking machine. It's all or nothing for me.
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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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It just reminds me of being a kid and Christmastime - you know, watching TV
