Being Quotes · Page 252

We don't develop courage by being happy every day. We develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

— Barbara de Angelis

I'm in a band, and we play music. And that's sort of my way of still being a rock star.

— Sunny Mabrey

To get elected in Mexico today, you have to compete like any democracy, and you don't do that by being manipulated.

— Enrique Pena Nieto

Being a professional musician with Downhere for 11 years now, I feel completely at home on stage.

— Marc Martel

A lot of it, as it is in any job in life, is being in the right place at the right time.

— Julie Harris

Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to…

— Sammy Davis, Jr

Clearly, every company needs a leader. That's an important part of being the CEO of the company.

— Sanjay Kumar

I reckoned I could meet more girls being in a band than playing soccer.

— Roger Taylor

I'm incredibly grateful to be playing the villain in a world which, if I really thought to hard about what I was…

— Tom Hardy

Somehow, in Bollywood I have always been offered comic roles. However, I am being looked at differently when it comes to movies…

— Satish Kaushik

I wouldn't change myself at all. Being transgender makes me who I am: a strong person, a confident person. Being transgender gives…

— Jazz Jennings

Hip Hop is an idea. It is the pursuit of one's authentic being through the arts. It is not a physical thing;…

— KRS-One

On the street, people think I'm a guitar-carrying band member with a rock-n'-roll lifestyle, but the closest I have ever got to…

— Benedict Samuel

People are always like, 'Oh, 'Jurassic Park' is on...' or 'Oh, 'The River Wild' is on...' I actually haven't seen any of…

— Joseph Mazzello

I think representation is something that's absolutely needed. I felt like with K-pop being so hot, we could leverage that to potentially…

— Eric Nam

The book grew out of the introduction I did for Brady's Gates of Janus. I knew that the writing in that introduction…

— Peter Sotos

I think there are more films being made, but there are probably less outlets for them and distributors.

— Richard Linklater

Part of being an artist is being able to write about the world you live in and the times that you've been…

— Ryan Murphy

I was really serious about being an actress. I was playing young female characters and not feeling very connected to them.

— Marielle Heller

Not being part of the BBC with 'Top Gear' any more does pain me, because it's an organisation I approve of.

— James May

It's the ownership of what's off that's the beauty in art. Its not about being exactly perfect.

— Adrian Younge

I don't miss anything by being a bachelor. I don't know any happily married couples, not even my parents.

— Lemmy

I have been called a terrorist, among other things. In fact, I am seen in India as being anti-Islamic by the Islamic…

— Shabana Azmi

I think it took us being apart to really understand... who we were as Individuals, outside of the Go-Go's.

— Charlotte Caffey

It's hard for me to grasp the concept of somebody being nervous when I'm talking to them.

— Kobe Bryant

It's such an egotistical thing to be able to just stand there and say, 'Action!' It's like being a little mini-god.

— Brian Helgeland

I've always been a performer. I love doing impressions of people and being the clown.

— Emma Rigby

I used to fly airplanes myself, so being above the ground doesn't worry me too much.

— John Rhys-Davies

If you can't keep yourself in shape on your own without being told to, that's a shame.

— Peyton Hillis

I'm never concerned about being first or on trend. I only want to feel like my most rad 'me.'

— Hong Chau

I think I'm a better filmmaker than actor, so I already know that. That's OK. I can handle not being a famous…

— Taika Waititi

Rumours of me being Banksy are greatly exaggerated. We are all Banksy.

— Robert Del Naja

I love being online because I feel like you can just be yourself and it's so easy to open up.

— Noah Schnapp

There's something about being away from home that it's not always a bad thing.

— Jim Miller

I actually think 'Sex and the City' helped share how complicated it all is, to be a wife, a mother, and working,…

— Kim Cattrall

I think that one of the strangest things about being an actor is, it's almost freelance work.

— Paul Dano

It's the best thing, when you are in a creative space, discovering something and being enamored with it and excited by it.

— Connie Nielsen

I like to go into things, and I like to make the most bold choice to tell the particular story being told.

— Winston Duke

I am a father, and I know the feel of being a father. Why wouldn't I want my gay friends to also…

— Juan Pablo Galavis

I don't enjoy doing stand-up. I see it as being like exercise: I feel good about it after I've done it.

— Jessie Cave