Being Quotes · Page 186

When you're a kid, what you learn in school about being German has a sort of heaviness about it, and you have…

— Juergen Teller

I like to play these unconventional characters, yes. They're close to the way I feel as a human being.

— Ken Stott

Growing up, I was often put under a lot of pressure. Being an athlete, I've been dealing with pressure for a long…

— Katelyn Ohashi

Even being on the pitch and hearing foreign languages, the behaviour of people from other places, it sparked my imagination.

— Jesse Marsch

One of the best things about being an actor is that it's a meritocracy.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

This is somewhere I want to be for now on, being in the Pro Bowl and being an All-Pro player.

— Shaquill Griffin

One thing I know about the rich, being rich, is that you can take money from me and tomorrow, I'm still going…

— Lewis Black

I'm not opposed to the consumption of alcohol. I'm opposed to my kids watching TV at seven o'clock and being told to…

— Lee Mack

My constituents and I were shocked to learn that hundreds of millions of dollars were being sent to other countries as part…

— Nicole Malliotakis

We've got to start making people uncomfortable in themselves and not being comfortable being racist or homophobic or any of that. We've…

— Jason Mitchell

Philanthropists today want input into how their monies are being deployed. The big question is, can governments use this insight to sell…

— Noreena Hertz

For me, the heyday was in 1959. It was before the Ferus Gallery moved across the street, in the days when Ed…

— Billy Al Bengston

We took an approach, supported by the Prime Minister, the Home Secretary and the Mayor for London, that we had very real…

— Michael Todd

I'm used to being part of 'Game of Thrones' and going into something where you're a small part of something else. You…

— Maisie Williams

Apparently, the prerequisite to being a gay public figure is to appear on the cover of a magazine with the caption 'I…

— Jonathan Knight

I think to be a writer, you have to enjoy being alone. I was a loner as a teenager and was always…

— Markus Zusak

I was awkward-looking with huge brown eyes, dark brown, pencil-straight hair styled into an old-school Romanian bowl haircut from the 1980s. And…

— Dominique Moceanu

I wouldn't call myself a synaesthete in the sense that Nabokov was. But I'll talk about a sound as being cold blue…

— Brian Eno

I've continually reminded myself that I never want to change. I could be on the cover of a magazine today, but next…

— J. R. Martinez

Being fit is almost as important to me as my face. And for me, it's a combination of being spiritually and physically…

— Mark Wahlberg

There are a lot of negotiators that really will give in on a deal because being understood is more important than getting…

— Christopher Voss

“Again I quoted a poet—to avoid sounding like a preacher myself —who had written, "Was Du erlebst, kann keine Macht der Welt…

— Viktor E. Frankl

Mr. Chairman, on September 11, we were attacked by terrorists who took advantage of weaknesses in our border security. After infiltrating our…

— Jim Ryun

I was lucky enough to be able to do comedies, dramas, completely different parts. At the beginning, when you start you have…

— Carole Bouquet

'Honey' was the first song I wrote where I was really enjoying myself again after questioning the idea of being an artist.

— Robyn

You can say a lot of things to someone while being pretty clear between the lines.

— Nick Viall

I am a passionate believer that comedy is a way of tackling some of the most dark and difficult aspects of being…

— Stephen Mangan

Being a good player doesn't necessarily make a good manager, that's for sure.

— Gianfranco Zola

You get rewarded for the effort you put in and the work you do, not by being complacent.

— Jozy Altidore

I just feel like being on the floor for more minutes allows me to give my presence.

— Zaza Pachulia

I've no time for an affair, and certainly no patience with being linked with one or the other man all the time.

— Shamita Shetty

I can be a goofball sometimes. I love having a good time and being carefree.

— Spencer Boldman

I'm not rebellious. I try to be rebellious, but I don't walk around being rebellious for no reason.

— Sofia Boutella

The main thing was metal was scary. But thanks to Babymetal and being exposed to different types of music, we've learned to…

— Yui Mizuno

Usually, I prefer not to clarify anything that is being talked about me, but when it goes out of limits, I reply.

— Naga Chaitanya

My dad's white, my mom's black, and I've struggled with being mixed race.

— Rhiannon Giddens

Much of Sheeran's appeal is that his music skewers the mood of being youthful.

— Grace Dent

Being trendy is alright, but clubbing all the trends in one look is a complete no.

— Fawad Khan

There's nothing like the endorphins from being fit, and the incredible endorphin rush that goes with that.

— Richard Branson

I think it's interesting to know that being a geek isn't the negative thing that it used to be.

— Alan Schaaf