Being Quotes · Page 196

It was mad being directed by Danny Boyle. I had to pinch myself every day.

— Dylan Llewellyn

What I learned being a young child was respect for food. Don't throw anything away.

— Lidia Bastianich

Sexiness is all about your personality, being genuine and confident, and being a good person.

— Erin Heatherton

I'm the kind of writer who thinks style is just as important as the story being told.

— Hallgrimur Helgason

I can't see myself being a television director unless it's for a two-hour movie.

— Billy Bob Thornton

I didn't know that '12 Years a Slave' was being filmed at the same time we were making 'The Retrieval.'

— Ashton Sanders

You never think about being wide open. I don't know if I can describe the feeling. Tremendous.

— John Stockton

My wife and I have been passionate about education being a gateway for upward mobility and equality.

— Chris Long

That's the great thing about being a director. You have your list of things you have to worry about and things you…

— Jonathan Levine

We took a plant that was being closed by a big company thinking there was no good use for it, and we…

— Hamdi Ulukaya

I have spent too long being able to manipulate the answers I want from market research to rely upon its findings any…

— Charles Saatchi

When you've gone through something as horrendous as being regularly attacked and hurt, of course you'll flinch because it's what you've been…

— Coleen Nolan

I've always had a loud mouth, and for that I've gotten a lot of attention. I did falter in some big competitions…

— Johnny Weir

Japanese horror films take the business of being frightening seriously. There is no attempt at postmodernism or humour. They are incredibly melancholy,…

— Jane Goldman

I remember being banned from other houses as a younger child during the winter holiday season; I was the only one who…

— Jami Attenberg

I have danced to 'Kaanta Lagaa' at sangeet ceremonies and weddings. Weddings are happy occasions and I like being part of their…

— Shefali Zariwala

When a company is not being guided by the products they make and what the customers need, but by how they can…

— Charles Koch

I spent my teenage years and early 20s being manipulated - well, not manipulated, but I was told what to do and…

— Liz Cambage

When I read James Joyce, I'm not really interested in the Dublin of 1904. I'm interested in being in the presence of…

— Joseph O'Neill

The tactics in NWSL are so chaotic. It's so about physicality. It's both teams attacking with nine players, and it's just so…

— Christen Press

My mother is old-fashioned; she raised us like girls from a 19th-century book. My sisters and I are known for being the…

— Lou Doillon

Ties of loyalty play an understandably important part in how most MPs interact with their own party and the supporters who have…

— Dominic Grieve

Sometimes people ask me how difficult the astronaut program was, but being in Sierra Leone, being responsible for the health of more…

— Mae Jemison

Super polished signage is not always a good sign. I'm always looking for places that you have to know about to find.…

— Adam Richman

Performing is my passion. Being onstage is at once exhilarating, beguiling, and fulfilling. But it's hard.

— Monica Raymund

I'm not built for war. I'm built for entertainment. I'm built for jokes - either telling them or being the butt of…

— Josh Peck

In 2005, I remember being told that I could get a job wherever I wanted.

— Iain Stirling

Come out and say it, Zuckerberg - 'Our platform that influences billions of people is being used to propagandize left-wing viewpoints.'

— Lauren Southern

You keep getting calls, but then doing the right project and being sure of what you want to do is what counts.

— Sana Khan

I was always being told off at school. The teachers would say: 'Everyone's talking, but you're the one I can hear.

— Beth Ditto

I'm not the tallest or the thinnest - and I think being in shows is a major part of when I stopped…

— Adwoa Aboah

Originally, I thought of being a photographer and nearly went to art school, but I got a record deal instead.

— Roisin Murphy

The point of being at home is to be with my family as much as possible.

— Eric Clapton

I sort of had that fantasy of being one of the muses of Paris and hanging out with Toulouse Lautrec and Picasso.

— Bebe Buell

Hmmmm... It's fun being in front of people, playing shows and all. But hotels? Being away from home? That's different.

— Grandmaster Flash

I am merely an amateur; being referred as a lyricist is a far fetched dream for me, and I feel I don't…

— Vignesh Shivan

Being married, I would say most relationships are pretty codependent in some ways.

— Rene Russo

The thing I love most about acting is that your capacity evolves as you evolve as a human being.

— Ben Whishaw

I've barfed in movies before. It seems like it always ends up being Campbell's soup mixed with something else.

— Adam Scott

I was both loved and hated for being upfront. But I was just being myself.

— Sunny Deol