Just Being Quotes - Page 17

• 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.

  Tim Gunn

  Teaching, Mean, Thinking

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• Me just being myself in public or on TV is the biggest nightmare in the world.

  Jennifer Saunders

  Tvs, World, Nightmare

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Working through experience is best for me, just being there and trying to get into the mode.

  Ludacris

  Trying, Being There, Just Being There

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• I do get starstruck working with Bruce because even though he is such a nice guy he's a real movie star. I grew up watching his movies it is just really hard to get used to just being around Bruce Willis. I mean, he's Bruce Willis!

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Stars, Real, Nice

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• Danny DeVito later told me that he knew he wanted me for 'Matilda' the second I walked in the door. I'm not sure if this is true, or if he was just being nice, but I was thrilled when I got it.

  Mara Wilson

  Nice, Doors, Not Sure

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• I think what really clicked for me was when I started booking commercials as a dancer... just being on set and seeing every element of production, it was magic to me.

  Bree Turner

  Thinking, Dancer, Magic

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• In my mind it's so much fun to have something that has clues and is mysterious - something that is understood intuitively rather than just being spoon-fed to you. That's the beauty of cinema, and it's hardly ever even tried. These days, most films are pretty easily understood, and so people's minds stop working.

  David Lynch

  Fun, People, Mind

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• I love, love, love just being hands on at all times in the studio.

  Ariana Grande

  Hands, All Time, Studios

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• I love saying dialogue and creating a full character more than just being physical. But I always end up doing physical stuff in my roles.

  Kelly Stables

  Character, Creating, Roles

  "Kelly Stables: ‘Like many actors, I started off as a monkey’". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, pagesix.com. April 26, 2010.

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• I have a really adaptable face, but when I am just being me, people always think I am younger than I am.

  Jessica Raine

  Thinking, People, Faces

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm happy when things are just kind of calm. I love going to the ocean. I love driving. I love going to shows. Just being with people I really have fun with. I love the summer. I'm happy in the summer. Love hot, hot weather. I'm happy when I'm making a record, most of the time.

  Lana Del Rey

  Summer, Fun, Ocean

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• Its tough growing up where I grew up. My family is very small and really tight. Just being around the neighborhood, my brothers were always around. I didnt want to be in any trouble because I knew my mom or brothers would find out. I didnt want to hurt their feelings. I just tried to do everything right.

  Derrick Rose

  Mom, Hurt, Brother

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• There's a word in Japanese for being sad in the springtime - a whole word for just being sad - about how pretty the flowers are and how soon they're going to die.

  Sarah Ruhl

  Flower, Being Sad, Springtime

  Sarah Ruhl (2010). “The Clean House and Other Plays”, p.301, ReadHowYouWant.com

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  My whole thing was, just being me. Now, you look around the NBA and all of them have tattoos, guys wearing cornrows. Now you see the police officers with the cornrows. I took a beating for those types of things.

  Allen Iverson

  Tattoo, Basketball, Nba

  "No more practice for A.I.: Allen Iverson says goodbye to Philadelphia" by Bryan Armen Graham, www.theguardian.com. October 31, 2013.

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• One of my obsessions in life is that we have the tools to manufacture moments and real things, but it's overwhelming and there's a lot of fear and you think maybe you'll be rejected or embarrassed or somehow hurt emotionally. So we don't do the things we know we can do, but we can make people feel better and make people happier with compliments or just being positive and that sort of thing and sending it their way.

  Pete Holmes

  Hurt, Real, Feel Better

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• My goal beyond being an actor, is just being an open channel.

  Ezra Miller

  Goal, Actors

  "Ezra Miller and Michael Angarano on Going Method and The Stanford Prison Experiment". Interview with Kyle Buchanan, www.vulture.com. July 20, 2015.

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• I'm Uncle Snoop. That's the name I've been given in the industry because I'm like an Uncle to all of the rappers whether they are older than me or younger than me and I love giving advice. If I feel like they need some information, I give it to them, I sit them down and talk to them. I try to get all of the rappers on one page of peace, love and just having soul and just being about representing this music.

  Snoop Dogg

  Uncles, Rapper, Names

  Interview with Ashahed M. Muhammad, www.finalcall.com. August 13, 2010.

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• I am a big theater fan. It's mostly just being pretentious, I think, and trying to look smart.

  Brian K. Vaughan

  Smart, Thinking, Trying

  "Saga and Y: The Last Man writer Brian K. Vaughan talks about making comics his own way". Interview with Oliver Sava, www.avclub.com. April 11, 2012.

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• Sometimes just being on a beach with my loved ones is all the adventure I need. I am a happy camper and continue to be a citizen of the world. I have yet to discover other cultures, other peoples dreams and treasures. I will always be a traveler who is discovering beautiful Gaia.

  Guy Laliberte

  Beautiful, Dream, Beach

  "Mr. Blasberg's Book Corner: Gaia". Interview with Derek Blasberg, www.harpersbazaar.com. June 1, 2011.

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• I wasn't good at being affable. You get beyond that and realise the attraction in any human being has more to do with what they give to someone rather than just being face candy.

  Alison Moyet

  Giving, Faces, Candy

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• In my day, in my era, Ralph McDaniels, just being five and being at his block party, you could just got onstage.

  Lil' Mama

  Block, Party, Eras

  "Lil Mama Defends Nicki Minaj Comments, Breaks Down Crying On Air", www.mtv.com. July 20, 2011.

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• Most people think of poise as calm, self-assured dignity; but I call it “just being you”.

  John Wooden

  Thinking, Self, People

  John Wooden (2010). “Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success (Large Print 16pt)”, p.75, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Fatigue is your friend. Through exhaustion and through people just being so depleted, the stuff around the nerve endings gets worn away and other things begin to emerge and you take way bigger risks.

  Lorne Michaels

  People, Risk, Nerves

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• Most people find just being themselves not enough of a show.

  Mason Cooley

  People, Enough, Shows

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• Happiness is not on my list of priorities. I just deal with day-to-day things. If I'm happy, I'm happy – and if I'm not, I don't know the difference... Knowing that you are the person you were put on this earth to be – that's much more important than just being happy.

  Bob Dylan

  Knowing, Differences, Priorities

  "Bob Dylan at Fifty". Interview with Mikal Gilmore, www.rollingstone.com. May 30, 1991.

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