Being Quotes · Page 170

I cotton to the idea that people are much closer to being flawed; they have problems and don't always make the right…

— Kevin Spacey

I remember being turned on to The Beach Boys, hearing 'Surfin' U.S.A.,' I guess, in 1960. But The Beatles really did it…

— Joey Ramone

I'm a professional; I'd never fight against Mirko or anyone else not being prepared.

— Wanderlei Silva

I've always wanted to explore different types of roles and prove to others that Divyanka is not all about being a timid…

— Divyanka Tripathi

We are constantly being showered by little blood clots, but if you have PFO and a little blood clot gets to your…

— Terry Dubrow

I've never really been worried about being in the spotlight. I could care less.

— Ricky Stenhouse Jr

I was so grateful to win an Emmy, but just being nominated, it's not overrated!

— Ann Dowd

I hate being interviewed. I'm like, 'Aaaarrgghh!' I don't like talking about myself.

— Kate Moss

Auditioning is a horrible experience because you know you are being absolutely scrutinized and judged. There are days where you can do…

— Kelly Reilly

Hating a book is not unlike hating a person; in fact it's tempting to just go ahead and hate the author personally,…

— Lev Grossman

'Dus' was different from 'Tum Bin,' and 'Ra.One' from 'Dus,' but the difference didn't pop out as much as 'Mulk.' That was…

— Anubhav Sinha

What I do love is the traveling... and getting paid for it! I like being in front of a camera... It's an…

— Crystal Lowe

I don't think it's a good thing to talk about women's issues being exactly the same as the issues of trans women…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“Nonbeing plays almost an equally important role as Being. By lacking form, the Nonbeing offers life to the form. By lacking limits,…

— Dejan Stojanovic

People sometimes ask me what my biggest regret is in football and it's not being able to have that 'Steven Gerrard' moment…

— Jermaine Jenas

The whole world is set up to serve a specific group of people, which means if you're not in that group, you're…

— Lauren Ridloff

George W. Bush was a silver spoon dolt with no record to speak of other than bankruptcy and selling tropical plants, and…

— Adam McKay

When I was in the group homes, I saw some of the kids being moved into foster homes with the potential for…

— Angela Featherstone

My parents being Bengali, we always had music in our house. My nani was a trained classical singer, who taught my mum,…

— Shreya Ghoshal

As Asian-Americans, the charge that is often lobbed against us is sort of the least original: the idea that somehow we're perpetual…

— David Henry Hwang

I think, in Japan, animation isn't relegated to being a genre unto itself. It's just a medium by which you can tell…

— Pete Docter

I think writers just can't come up with any new words for what we're doing, because we're not 'retro-' anything. Like, in…

— Chuck Inglish

Well, the responsibility for maintaining a reliable transmission grid is one that's shared by an awful lot of players who have a…

— Spencer Abraham

I am honored to serve on the Board of Visitors for Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. Being the first board member…

— Ricardo Salinas Pliego

It's just the way I'm set up, being that once-in-a-generation, once-in-a-lifetime, once-in-an-era type of star.

— DaBaby

Obviously, there's a dream of being one of the best players to ever play.

— Tyler Herro

I don't have any problem with being the guy whose album people put on when they're feeling sad.

— Sam Smith

I'm very happy being me, although sometimes I'd love to be a bird so that I could fly.

— Joy Fielding

I've often talked about metal being the underdog in rock n' roll music.

— Rob Halford

A generation of people are being radicalised by the criminalisation of information sharing.

— Heather Brooke

Supporting Rangers, being in an Orange Lodge, that whole life - that's a valid culture.

— Frankie Boyle

Songs being nine to 10 minutes long? Everyone is scared to to do it.

— Thundercat

I like down-to-Earth characters, but I also like being able to get outside my box of knowledge.

— Britt Robertson

You can be debased without relinquishing your identity, just as you can relinquish your identity without being debased.

— Mark Fisher

I was always a Real Madrid fan. I always followed them and always dreamed about being here.

— James Rodriguez

It's all about being flexible, and avoiding choices whenever possible. Choices suck, they are inherently limiting.

— Craig Armstrong

I learned my first lesson at the Walt Disney Company about not being able to trust my associates.

— Michael Ovitz

For women, style codes are not merely about being smart or presentable, they are a platform for judgment.

— Sara Pascoe

One cannot advance as a compassionate human being by continuing to do the same thing, living the same way.

— Melody Gardot

I never want to make the quarterback feel like I'm being a distraction or I've got any negativity toward him.

— Antonio Brown