Being Quotes
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I have to drink wine before I go on stage. That is still part of the ritual, the ceremony. I usually go for a Cabernet or a Merlot. You're at the mercy of promoters who try to cut corners, so you don't always get the best wines in the world. But I look at the wine as being medicinal. It's not there to be enjoyed, it's part of my preparation for a show.
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For the Afro-American in the 1920's being a 'New Negro' was being 'Modern'. And being an 'New Negro' meant, largely, not being an 'Old Negro', disassociating oneself from the symbols and legacy of slavery - being urbane, assertive militant.
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I just want to do a good job with each role that I take and continue to better myself as an actress because that's what I love about this job... being able to act and work with so many different people on such a wide range of projects.
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What good is it being Marilyn Monroe? Why can't I just be an ordinary woman?
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If there's anything more mortifying than being famous at 14, it's being washed up right after.
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He will always be my Sir Galahad.
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Affirmations need to be used if they are to become incorporated into the fabric of your being.
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Being brave doesn't mean always having to fight alone.
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Being normal is completely overrated!
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If something is worth being rude about, it is worth understanding as well.
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Worry about being better; bigger will take care of itself
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Believe me, there’s nothing worse than being both immortal and intelligent. Imagine the boredom! Plus you start to ask questions, and the worst thing about questions is that sometimes, they have answers.
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Choose to be who you are. . . The individual who would become a person must at some point take over his entire being - must, that is, choose herself.
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'Rather You Than Me' just speaks for my natural instinct to survive, but it's also me being a writer, me being a poet - there's also a beautiful side to 'Rather You Than Me.'
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I was in the army, and I had given up the thought of being a composer.
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I always look for roles that make me feel good about being a girl. I have to say that there are a lot of roles out there that make me feel really bad about being a girl. You can imagine what the things are and I shall not go into detail.
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To be moral is to discover fundamentally ones own being.
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I like good books and clever conversation and being left alone much of the time.
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There is nothing like being able to develop a three-dimensional character over a long period of time. Sometimes you aren't able to fully portray a character because you only have a couple of scenes to do it in, and you don't get the full life and background of that character.
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I absolutely love being a mother.
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There are songs and artists now who are trying to do the same thing: be honest to their experiences.
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The thing I hate about being dead is you can’t move on. I was in love with him when I died, so I’ll be in love with him till the sun burns out.
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With me being in my 40s, I knew who I was.
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That's what motherhood is: you're working; you're doing 25 different jobs, and you're not getting paid.
