Being Quotes · Page 203

I'm an African. I was brought up here; my home is here. Being an Afropolitan, I am here to stay.

— Binyavanga Wainaina

I feel like I have to go out there and keep on entertaining, keep on dancing and keep on being me.

— Rich Swann

I'm comfortable with being a voluptuous woman because I'm not going to be a size two and that's ok with me.

— Hayley Hasselhoff

Something I stand for is being brave enough to invest in creative ideas that I firmly believe in and bringing those to…

— G-Eazy

To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I…

— Joey Ramone

Coming out of college, I got a lot of notoriety for being the old-school center.

— Jahlil Okafor

Both my mother-in-law and Rajiv made it easy for me. I feel very Indian and am not conscious of being an Italian…

— Sonia Gandhi

I love watching Marty Scorsese's films, but they always make me feel terrible about being a man.

— Martin Donovan

When I was very little, I was sort of consumed by a love for opera. Weirdly enough, I went from being really…

— Ezra Miller

Before my son was born, I use to tell people that I was looking forward to no longer being the star of…

— Jack Davenport

I always say to my Twitter followers to come to the stage door and meet me. What I love about being in…

— Sheridan Smith

I think that Carrie is such an icon, not just as someone who played Princess Leia, but someone who was groundbreaking in…

— Kelly Marie Tran

When you take away everything else, 'Star Wars' is really an underdog story. Even Luke came from humble beginnings, and he ended…

— Donovan Mitchell

I like the idea of sort of playing quieter roles, which would be refreshing for a minute. It is exhausting being really…

— Anna Faris

I have made a number of movies that I have never seen. It's not a matter of ego. It's a matter of…

— Christopher Walken

Being a solo founder allows you to move quickly - when you're going up against massive, entrenched competitors, you need to maximize…

— Eric Yuan

I want a partner in crime and a Bonnie to my Clyde. I've just been so focused on my career. Women don't…

— Shemar Moore

You can't be in a bubble being a producer. You have to keep up on what's happening at all times.

— Greg Kurstin

I love just being at Lincoln Center - it's so New York! Those fountains!

— Margo Martindale

While there is no cure, cystic fibrosis is so close to being a livable disease. There is a lot of hope.

— Max Carver

The person I looked up to that gave me confidence was Chyna, and that's being totally honest.

— Jade Cargill

I have met Aborigines younger than me who used to hide every time anyone official came round their camp for fear of…

— Richard Flanagan

Being young is hard. Being young and queer is even harder, regardless of how accepting your parents or community are.

— Tommy Dorfman

I had a recording contract with Capitol Records. I loved recording and being in that studio. I made four albums.

— George Chakiris

Sometimes being a woman - a Black woman in the world - you kind of settle for less.

— Coco Gauff

My job of being a musician in a recording studio has nothing to do with being a musician being on tour performing.

— Moby

All the Kardashians care about is the media, money, and being on camera.

— Fabio Lanzoni

Being able to scream at the top of my lungs in front of people is very therapeutic. It is a great gift…

— Dave Matthews

Being born a girl in India, it matters a lot what family you are born into.

— Gita Gopinath

I did think that acting would be much more like being a pop star. Now I'm here, I can't think of anything…

— Felicity Jones

Just recently I worked with Van Morrison and I came to realize that money can't make a decent human being out of…

— Jim Sullivan

I enjoy being involved in making the artwork for albums and stupid stuff like that.

— Frank Ocean

You just get satisfaction from achieving something that you just don't get in any other way than from being creative.

— Natasia Demetriou

I started off interviewing people on 'This Morning.' Fundamentally, it's being interested in somebody else.

— Alison Hammond

Being a dad is just brilliant and fantastic. You can't put into words what it's like.

— Peter Kay

I have five young children, and I take being a role model very seriously.

— Albert Pujols

My philosophy is that there is no point in being sad or hating who you are.

— Ellie Simmonds

I don't hunt shots. My teammates actually yell at me if I'm not being aggressive.

— Ja Morant

When people walk into our casting room, we do think about what you do outside of being an actor.

— Misha Green

After being diagnosed with cancer, one is in a lot of fear and anxiety about the anticipated pain and the painful treatment.

— Manisha Koirala