Being Quotes · Page 182

A lot of my family were teachers, so that's what I always thought I'd end up being.

— Keren Woodward

I never thought of myself as being limited to fashion. I'm a designer, and if you have a vision, you can apply…

— Jason Wu

The higher a book's sales ranks, the better chances it has of being noticed by Amazon's internal recommendations engine.

— Andrew Shaffer

Actually being able to exercise your own choice can bring about greater opportunity.

— Sandra Oh

I've learnt that it's possible to be as anonymous as you want. It's a choice, and I've become very, very good at…

— Sarah Lancashire

Hey, I was lucky twice. I know it's three strikes and you're out. I don't think of myself as being invincible anymore.

— Curtis Sliwa

I didn't have a dream of being a press secretary, I had a dream of being a playwright; I had a dream…

— Pearl Cleage

I find there is something very intimate about being the voice in someone's ear when they're driving.

— Tim Curry

You can crash on one set of rocks or the other set of rocks, and they crashed on the other set of…

— David Talbot

One of the things I say is, 'You want to know what it's like to be a baby? It's like being in…

— Alison Gopnik

The worst thing was being in the car and hearing someone else do your show. Three records in, 'She's still not here.'…

— Zoe Ball

If you're working 50 hours a week to try to maintain family income, and your children have the kinds of aspirations that…

— Noam Chomsky

When you are being anti-lie or pro-truth, you come across as being anti-Trump or pro-Democrat, and it's a very tough thing for…

— Dana Bash

I always thought on my own that what is a huge part of being an actor, or what made me a better…

— Dominik Garcia-Lorido

It's no fun being a salesperson when it feels like you're talking to a wall. That's what it feels like when you…

— Mark Goulston

Once you hit 40, being in a band - a committee voting constantly on what you're going to be doing next month…

— Dean Wareham

I came to Hollywood and I loved it. It was a great time, but in my head I was still elsewhere, in…

— Valeria Golino

I have said with as much sincerity as I can muster that if I were thrown into a dungeon with a sentence…

— Edward P. Jones

People ask me if I ever thought of writing a children's book. I say, 'If I had a serious brain injury I…

— Martin Amis

It's one thing to be dumb or ignorant or be in over your head. But if you can be the person who…

— Brendan Hunt

Often as a poet I find that I am somewhat outside an experience I want to hold onto, consciously taking mental notes…

— Natasha Trethewey

The reason why I started the clothing line Licious is because I had trouble finding clothes for my body type. I figured…

— Coco Austin

If you record the world honestly, there's no way people can stop being funny. A lot of fiction writing doesn't get that…

— Lorrie Moore

Well, the idea of God as a supreme being means that he is simply like us, writ large, and just bigger and…

— Karen Armstrong

It is all about quality of life and being proud of what I do. I need me to be me.

— Patrick Cox

I'm still trying to get over the fact that my name is being mentioned with people like Brad Pitt.

— Lupita Nyong'o

People should adopt a sustainable way of life while being more conscious and aware.

— Athiya Shetty

When I was a little girl, I always dreamed of being a star. I didn't really know what all that meant. I…

— Dolly Parton

The biggest thing is being a man of your own time, combining craft with the graft, creating your own opportunities.

— Joivan Wade

Being a starving company isn't fun for anyone. Most that go away need to go away... but certainly not all.

— Mike Wilson

I never went through that awkward period of being rejected by girls.

— Nicholas Hammond

They say that being humble leaves you out of the record books. I want to be in the record books.

— Danny Garcia

I feel like we're always boxed into a box of being the trans girl or being the diversity hire.

— Alex Consani

I spent ten years being told there was no way I was going to have a career because I was so effeminate.

— Anohni

What I discovered about myself is that I really like being in charge.

— Simon Amstell

Standing out for being short is not actually a good thing as a model and it hasn't been a help.

— Lydia Hearst

It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.

— Carine Roitfeld

I like playing dress-up, and I love pretty jewels, but for me, being a 'movie star' would be a very dangerous place.

— Alison Elliott

Being successful right away is obviously less stressful, but when it takes longer, it's often sweeter.

— Andy Jassy

Being down in the South, in Atlanta with the humid summers, probably didn't help as far as just blisters.

— Max Fried