Being Quotes · Page 238

I love New York, and I love being here, but I think I'll always be Australian at heart.

— Murray Bartlett

Central to the effective functioning of early capitalism was the fundamental principle of trusting and being trusted.

— John C. Bogle

I feel like in a lot of ways I can relate to the fans, just being a fan of music myself.

— Jeff Ament

People put stock in someone being in a 'girl group,' but we don't say that a band is a 'man group.'

— Emily Robison

I look at the records, and you don't win the Cy Young seven times or the MVP without being a good player.

— Pete Rose

I know there's more to life than making lots of money and being successful and even getting married and having a family.

— Madonna Ciccone

It makes me feel powerful - being sexy. That's for me, its not for everybody.

— Scarlett Bordeaux

My focus has always been on being a singer. It's easy enough to keep it private.

— Nadine Coyle

People know my story - how I started like they did and that I struggled with things, like being a working mom.…

— Ann-Marie Campbell

Being an actor, you can get spoilt a little bit: car services come and pick you up, you get put up in…

— Neil Jackson

My comedy isn't about being attractive - it's about how the bar of dumb seems so low right now, and I desperately…

— Natasha Leggero

We think of ourselves as our titles or our jobs or our position in a family. We depend on being praised by…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Ascension through all levels of consciousness and awareness can only happen when you live life as you, and not how others think…

— Bryant McGill

There's definitely healing properties to being in proximity to the ocean and that breeze. There's something about that Caribbean climate and humidity.

— Johnny Depp

I remember being this little girl missing her daddy and living so far away in France and from anything that was familiar…

— Penelope Mitchell

I am in the interesting position of being sometimes skimmed by the critics and called literature and sometimes called historical fiction.

— Philippa Gregory

I love 'Into The Woods.' I auditioned for a couple of productions since being in it at school but haven't been successful.

— George Blagden

I love the responsibility of being a Victoria's Secret spokesmodel. It's a great life skill.

— Erin Heatherton

It's weird being a DJ and you have a playlist of your own songs that you could hold it down for an…

— Mannie Fresh

I love being a writer so much that I almost can't believe that I am one.

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“The great thing about Ayurveda is that its treatments always yield side benefits, not side effects.”

— Shubhra Krishan

There are certain cities around the world where it's possible to learn about tomorrow's technology as it's being developed today.

— Jan Chipchase

I'm used to people being irritated by me. I'm like, girl, whatever. Be irritated. I'm gonna live my dream.

— Bob the Drag Queen

What I despise is when somebody is on our show, and they are not being as open as the rest of us.

— Tom Sandoval

I would never claim to be an actor as I have never had any training and apart from being in a panto,…

— John Bishop

All of my records have been very personal, just writing more and more songs, you get better at being able to say…

— Shooter Jennings

I really enjoy working with companies and founders and incubating with companies... It's like being on a team in a different way.

— Jozy Altidore

I see myself being a father, hopefully a husband, but I'm very gun-shy. The older I get, the further the goalpost.

— Esai Morales

Being able to control your reproduction is essential to women's ability to flourish in the United States.

— Rebecca Traister

The last thing I expected in the world was to end up being involved in a presidential campaign.

— Mike Lindell

I really don't even think of myself as being Jewish except when I'm in Germany.

— Peter Eisenman

As for being a little bunny that never says a word, that is truly the opposite of me.

— Brigitte Bardot

I'm not a competitor by nature, and I'm certainly not used to being evaluated.

— Trixie Mattel

Documentary film without nuanced journalistic sourcing risks being sensational, tendentious or broad-brushed.

— Naomi Wolf

Then I just moved into being a DJ when that turned into the hottest thing.

— Jam Master Jay

“Being and not being are not two different realities, but two different aspects of the same reality.”

— Raheel Farooq

The amount of money that's being put into long-form investigative journalism has become less and less.

— Matthew Heineman

I definitely want to be known as an educated person as well as being a good football player.

— Ndamukong Suh

Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black.

— Shirley Chisholm

I have been in a situation before where I made a lot of money without being happy.

— Nicklas Bendtner