Just Being Quotes - Page 23

• A lot of people think my sarcasm comes from insecurity and defensiveness, but I assure you I'm just being petty and cruel.

  Dana Gould

  Sarcasm, Thinking, People

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• My wife is a vegetarian. When my wife is with me, I eat vegetarian. When she's not, I eat meat. I'm just being honest.

  J. B. Smoove

  Wife, Meat, Honest

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• I've seen stand up comedy, and after a while you start to notice that a lot of people are doing things that are like a lot of other people. There can be a bit of a herd mentality, and that's obviously less interesting because there's less going on. I'm just being totally frank with you.

  Dylan Moran

  People, Interesting, Comedy

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• I'm kind of claustrophobic... It's not even like enclosed spaces. It's like I hate being stuck in one band, you know? Just being stuck is the biggest drag, for fear that, you know, just that you can't get out.

  Dave Grohl

  Hate, Space, Band

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• It is important that we are coming up on the millennium because what I am experiencing, just being one person out of billions, is the feeling of acceleration. I experience this through my contact with other people.

  Terry Riley

  People, Feelings, Important

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• It had no affect on me whatsoever. Um... I consider Jay a very good friend of mine. I also consider Dame and Biggs very good friends of mine. With me not being a Roc-A-Fella artist, with me just being a friend of both and not being tied to them in the Roc-A-Fella situation, I was still able to maintain personal relationships with both of em.

  Bun B

  Good Friend, Artist, Dames

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• I don't really believe in political art. I feel in my heart the purpose of art transcends cultural and class and politics. I think something like the Sistine Chapel is something that goes beyond just being a Christian thing. It transcends its Christianity and becomes sort of a universal beauty. And I think that's true of music and art and literature.

  Sean Lennon

  Christian, Art, Believe

  "Sean Lennon speaks". Interview with Joel Amos, www.sheknows.com. March 22, 2010.

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• California Marijuana farmers are worried that radiation from Japan could affect their crops. Or maybe for some strange reason they're just being paranoid.

  Conan O'Brien

  Marijuana, Japan, California

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• I think my secret would have to be just being true to who I am and just being myself.

  Tia Mowry

  Thinking, Who I Am, Secret

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• I'm glad that, despite everything, I was able to get work done and finish something. I never finish anything. So just being able to finish record and to make music is a great gift.

  Zachary Cole Smith

  Done, Records, Able

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Normally, if I'm being acknowledged it is for something in front of the camera. This puts the spotlight on the fact that there are opportunities other than just being an actor.

  Melvin Van Peebles

  Opportunity, Cameras, Actors

  Source: aalbc.com

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• I love just being passionate about something rather than just caring about the money or whos in the movie.

  Scout Taylor-Compton

  Caring, Passionate

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• No matter what album I’ve ever made or ever will work on, it’s me trying to achieve this feeling I had listening to music when I was 8 years old. Just being mesmerized by the production and the mystique and the stories.

  Jason Lytle

  Years, Feelings, Listening

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• I quickly said that, because of my loyalty to 'Star Trek' and also just being a fan, I wouldn’t even want to be involved in the next version of those things. I declined any involvement very early on. I’d rather be in the audience not knowing what was coming, rather than being involved in the minutiae of making them.

  J. J. Abrams

  Loyalty, Stars, Knowing

  "J.J. Abrams: I Turned Down 'Star Wars: Episode VII'" by Jordan Zakarin, www.hollywoodreporter.com. December 26, 2012.

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• My goals have gone from being an all-star to just being able to play basketball. I always took for granted that I could play. Now I know what a gift it is.

  Rebecca Lobo

  Inspirational, Basketball, Stars

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• We havent been out in many of these countries helping them build infrastructure. How would they look at us today if we had been there helping them with some of that, rather than just being the people who are going to bomb in Iraq and go to Afghanistan?

  Patty Murray

  Country, Iraq, People

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• I began telling stories as a volunteer in my daughters' school. But I grew up hearing stories from Cuban and Southern storytellers, and I learned a great deal by just being quiet and listening.

  Carmen Agra Deedy

  Daughter, Mother, School

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• "I've always been a proponent of "if you're going to do something, do it right." I applied that across all aspects of my shooting - planning, setting up shoots, getting up early, working with athletes and models, working with clients etc. Just being a pro about it.

  Jimmy Chin

  Photography, Athlete, Up Early

  "How to Capture Creative Gold When You’re at the End of Your Rope — Literally". Interview with Chase Jarvis, www.chasejarvis.com.

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• When we look at a child, we see that sense of fullness, of intrinsic aliveness, of joy in being, is not the result of something else. There is value in just being oneself, it is not because of something one does or doesn't do. It is there in the beginning, when we are children, but slowly it gets lost.

  A. H. Almaas

  Children, Self Esteem, Joy

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• The greatest gift you can give (yourself or anyone else) is just being present

  Rasheed Ogunlaru

  Giving, Greatest Gifts

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• I just recently joined Twitter. It's very positive - I love all the accolades. If my ego is hurting, I can just open my Twitter account and see 'Oh, I love you! I love the show!' and it's great. I'm trying to find the balance between trying to be funny, being honest and just being a promoter as the guy on 'Royal Pains.'

  Mark Feuerstein

  I Love You, Hurt, Pain

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• The people who are having the hard time right now are middle-income Americans. Under the president's policies, middle-income Americans have been buried. They're just being crushed. Middle-income Americans have seen their income come down by $4,300. This is a tax in and of itself. I'll call it the economy tax. It's been crushing.

  Mitt Romney

  Crush, Hard Times, People

  First presidential Obama-Romney debate at the University of Denver, Colorado, abcnews.go.com. October 3, 2012.

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• There is this idea that appealing to youth is the only way forward. But that is no longer the case. Youth is not everything. Now we have all the baby-boomers in their 60s, like me, who are actively engaged in life - we're not retiring, we're not just being put out to grass once we hit 60.

  Julie Walters

  Baby, Retirement, Way Forward

  "Julie Walters criticises lack of roles for older female actors" by Matt Trueman, www.theguardian.com. April 30, 2012.

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• You don't win by just being against things, you only win by being for things and making your message perfectly clear.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Winning, Messages, Clear

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• I wrote an album about being in love. I don't think it's possible to write an album while you're in love - why on earth would you bother? I mean, Christ. If you're in there writing songs about someone rather than just being with them and kissing their every molecule, surely the person that you're with must be asking some questions as well.

  Gary Lightbody

  Song, Writing, Mean

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