Being Quotes · Page 214

I'm not really a risk-taker - being a standup comic to me is already risky enough.

— Taylor Tomlinson

I live by myself, so I derive a lot of joy from being with my friends and their families.

— Samin Nosrat

I want to show people they don't have to be scared of being different.

— Jazz Jennings

I'm just being me. If I'm not enough, I don't know what to tell you. I'm not going to apologize about it.

— Andre Ward

The dog collar is fascinating to people, when it doesn't repel. I've got used to being shouted at in the street.

— Richard Coles

Scolari is the best coach to have. He knows all about pressure of being coach of Brazil.

— Deco

I'm not a proponent of staying together and being miserable and damaged and coming through actually a more battered person.

— Goldie Hawn

I'd never tell a player not to back his team-mate because it's part of being together.

— Ryan Mason

I remember people saying: 'You look funny, your hair is so black, you have a flat nose,' but I didn't think of…

— Sadie Jones

You don't make a decision about being a writer. There was a point, aged 21, when it became clear that this is…

— Philipp Meyer

Being a black artist, the first thing people want to talk about is your blackness, the importance of your blackness, and your…

— Toyin Odutola

Not only did I cross-dress at 10, playing Rosalind in 'As You Like It,' I also found myself in a cross-dressed part…

— Gyles Brandreth

It's very easy to get caught up in everything that's going on and just daily stuff being a distraction. When you have…

— Tony Stewart

While I acknowledge that it's not my whiteness that has given me my platform entirely... it's part of the reason I've garnered…

— Asia Kate Dillon

Everyone has those times when you feel like you don't fit in. Everyone struggles to a certain extent with being cool and…

— Spencer Boldman

It's always that tricky thing with a remake, especially when it's something that's well loved. You're coming to something that has a…

— David Tennant

No one is depressed when they're asleep, which is why being in bed is such a safe place if you're really down.

— Michael Redhill

There is a way to share an insight into your personal life without being classless, which is what I'm trying to do.

— Sam Smith

From the age of three to six I was very sick. Being ill forced me to mature early.

— Shira Haas

Everybody will make mistakes, and for some that mistake will rise to the level of being a crime.

— Kamala Harris

Being anonymous, I thought I'd just release the music and see what happens organically.

— Gabriella Wilson

Every book that doesn't first have to get past a gatekeeper or two, or 10, before being put in front of the…

— Chris Pavone

It's a lot easier going in there being the underdog with nobody expecting you to win.

— Matt Hughes

Being a part of the Women of Honor championship tournament is historical.

— Brandi Rhodes

Women politicians tend to lead by being accountable for results. We focus on goals and outcomes. You can't get by on just…

— Amy Klobuchar

If you stick to the old values and say that you were educated in this way, so you were trained in this…

— Ilkin Santak

Nothing really affects me. That's from being brought up well by my parents and where we're from, and we're a hard working…

— Jordan Pickford

When people say - 'Well, do you miss being a judge since you're in Congress,' I go - 'Only when I want…

— Louie Gohmert

The great thing about being young and dumb is that you don't know what you can't do.

— Peter Heller

I love being someone I'm not for a period of time. I love every minute of being in someone else's skin.

— Jessica Biel

You can't hold the armed forces responsible for being firm with terrorists. We need to be firm with terrorists.

— Nirmala Sitharaman

I love being a comfortable person, but I'm very open. I'm not ashamed of myself and my beliefs.

— Kendra Wilkinson

America's Founders were committed to a wide-open public forum in which all voices and perspectives could have a chance of being heard.

— Alan K. Simpson

I've learned a lot from being a chameleon, sort of adopting the musical personalities of who I was playing with.

— Jeremy Denk

Being in your 30s is about discovering yourself and your body and enjoying who you are.

— Laila Rouass

I once thought about being a doctor, but then I'd have to work for a living.

— Julie Foudy

I was born in a tiny place in Ivory Coast, so being a protagonist in this life is a dream.

— Gervinho

I love having the opportunity to perform, and I hate not being given the opportunity to perform.

— Christie Laing

I'm gonna keep improving. Keep watching. I know it's gonna keep being entertaining as hell.

— Greg Hardy

Being present among some of the stalwarts of the Hindi film industry isn't something we all get to be a part of…

— Regina Cassandra