Being Quotes · Page 251

Actually, I started off playing by ear and being around a bunch of musicians playing in the streets in the different parades.

— Trombone Shorty

That makes me very happy as a human being to know what I'm doing is an inspiration to people.

— Fantastic Negrito

Being the competitive guy that I am, I can't get into individual battles like I have.

— Grayson Allen

I was being very bad because I didn't know how to express myself. Music gave me an outlet to express myself and…

— Tory Lanez

There's a new television generation coming in every five or 10 years, and the classic stories stand up to being redone.

— Rebecca Eaton

Do more than you are being paid to do, and you'll eventually be paid more for what you do.

— Zig Ziglar

I think that there's a difference between being an entertainer and being an artist.

— Mark Foster

What keeps me going is the fear of being unsuccessful again, fear of failure. It makes people creative.

— Sunil Grover

When you get to Tennessee, Nashville people are nice, and there are a lot of snakes, and they take that niceness and…

— Uncle Kracker

I don't particularly like being pregnant. I like the baby at the end. Pregnancy is a very distant thing for me. I…

— Mary Beth Whitehead

Being lampooned on 'South Park' is hardly something to complain about. They brought the issue of the dolphin and whale slaughter by…

— Paul Watson

It's so easy to dwell on what has happened, the missed cuts, but I would end up being upset, angry and depressed…

— Paul Casey

Exercise your creative muscles all the time, either through classes or through other artistic avenues like painting or dancing or even gardening,…

— Tom Irwin

After doing the first couple scenes and I got used to being in front of a few people it got easier and…

— Jason Mewes

The seeded draw came into being. This means that the two best players of the tournament are placed in opposite halves in…

— Helen Wills Moody

The first time I stepped onto the rooftop of the Potala Palace in Lhasa in 1985, I felt, as never before or…

— Pico Iyer

We know we're up against the wall. We know how difficult a challenge it is, being in the minority.

— Tom Daschle

I grew up in a family where the thing that was valued most was being a hard worker, and if you commit…

— Stephanie Savage

Hollywood continues to present the U.S. Army as being the good guys, always defeating the aliens or foreigners.

— Hideo Kojima

I used to dream of being other places, other people. It was an escape for me.

— Lauren Bacall

To witness history and science being made in front of your eyes is the rush.

— Ginger Zee

It's so different in the different states, it is sometimes like being in a different country.

— Grace Chatto

Being a runner has brought me a lot of patience, and patience goes a long way in life.

— Tori Bowie

Most 14-year-olds aren't in a room with adults being like, 'So, what's your brand?'

— Olivia Rodrigo

I consider myself a pretty good conversationalist, but you wind up being downgraded to idiot status when you don't speak the language!

— Alec Baldwin

We naturally are getting older and one of the beauties about being in a band is it keeps you feeling young.

— Tom Fletcher

With writing, timing is everything. Being in the right place at the right time.

— John Ridley

I get so many people coming up to me being like, Aahhh! And I'm like, what the hell? I'm just me!

— Jorja Smith

The best thing about being a writer is it gives you readers who understand your deepest feelings and fears.

— Katherine Paterson

With archery, if you have good gear, you can't blame being bad on anyone but yourself.

— Brad Leone

If you're famous for being famous, that's usually a four-year career.

— Rocky Carroll

I can always play at the top level. It's just about my head being right.

— Bernard Tomic

The most amazing thing you can ask for as an actor from a director is that you're being seen, that the choices…

— Bertie Carvel

For me, being professional is being at the top level in both my personal life and professional life.

— Rui Patricio

I think you judge your career by the scripts that are being sent your way.

— Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Paula Deen is a human being. She deserves forgiveness and a chance at redemption as much as anyone else. America is about…

— Don Lemon

I exercise, and I eat reasonably, and I don't want to look at myself being out of shape. That would depress me.

— Judy Sheindlin

My family is vital to me - just the sense of being surrounded by no pretension.

— Mira Nair

If you look at my resume, I've more often than not played a very solid, decent human being.

— Jeffrey Dean Morgan

I am the pampered baby of the family, so much so that I can't imagine myself being a father.

— Zayed Khan