Being Quotes · Page 223

I always wanted a child. Being a mother is the central thing in my life.

— Carol Ann Duffy

Being a solo artist in general can be incredibly lonely. It's funny how often the bigger you get sometimes, the lonelier you…

— Mabel

What was weird, as a 12-year-old actor, was being expected to behave like an adult while still being treated as a kid…

— Kelvin Fletcher

Representing the Selecao is a very great expectation, being able to play is even greater.

— Ederson

No man was ever eloquent by trying to be eloquent, but only by being so.

— George Henry Lewes

I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances.

— Norman Schwarzkopf

I'm grateful for the friendships and being able to show it, for people's dancing pleasure.

— Gord Downie

That's one of the really cool things about being an actor. You get to explore all different parts of yourself.

— Danielle Macdonald

I played baseball my entire life, up through college and everything, so working out and being physically active was always a huge…

— Tyler Hoechlin

If you have suffered from trauma, one of the most healing things that can happen to you is being seen. Being seen…

— Timothy Morton

The research says that being successful doesn't automatically make you happier, but being happier - being more positive - makes you more…

— Shawn Achor

I love Obama's calm and dignity. A lot of people confuse that with being aloof, but I know people that have held…

— Stephen Stills

You know, I was never totally thrilled with being a Fleetwood Mac member, but surprisingly, I was having such a good time…

— Lindsey Buckingham

If the large power voluntarily abstains from using its full power or feels the strategic situation to be such that it cannot…

— Elliot Richardson

I think anger is a normal response to something horrible that someone has done, another human being has done, and to rob…

— Adam Hamilton

I have dreamt of being an author since the age of 14, and writing about my experiences has always been a part…

— Tim Cope

At around 45, when I was being offered the same old boring TV parts. So I went back to the theatre.

— Geraldine James

'Armada d6' proves that some of the best games out there are still being playing on your tabletop.

— Rob Manuel

My primary ambition is to be a fiction writer... Being a critic wasn't an aspiration of mine.

— Walter Kirn

I have seen a lot of top players being forced to retire in not very pleasant circumstances, and I don't want that…

— Shahid Afridi

I get the biggest kick out of it, to hear words that I wrote and chords that I wrote being sung by…

— Taylor Goldsmith

It is a heartening experience to know that you are loved and being missed.

— Sridevi

I like being the underdog. I like turning around and shutting people up when they tell me I can't.

— Stipe Miocic

This is the hardest part of military family life - being away from each other.

— Brianna Keilar

I am terrified of being pushed out of a plane at 10,000ft with my hands tied behind my back.

— Tony Robinson

I'm way too hard on myself and it's past the point of being productive.

— Olivia Rodrigo

I am not worried about being a legend, like Solskjaer; you do your bit, and that's what counts.

— Edwin van der Sar

Being able to make plays goes a lot, helps me navigate the defense and find open guys or score myself.

— Pascal Siakam

I grew up in the limelight and being the child of someone famous. So my relationship with fame is not bedazzled.

— Lupita Nyong'o

My only memories of school are of being beaten, of being hit in the playground, of masters poking their fingers in my…

— Michael Gambon

I was really heavy growing up, so it was never feeling like the pretty girl, never being popular.

— Elle Varner

Being falsely accused of racism is, at best, unpleasant and at worst, can destroy a career.

— Munira Mirza

There's so much more to life than just being healthy. There's so much more to life than just being normal.

— Claire Wineland

Being self-made means doing things your own way - and doing it without any handouts.

— Russ

I think everyone is most confident when they are just being themselves and not trying to impress others.

— Bethany Mota

To be able to be caught up into the world of thought - that is being educated.

— Edith Hamilton

I've made humanitarian causes and my children much more my priority than the Hollywood scene, being liked and getting movie parts.

— Sharon Stone

Being Scottish is something you have in your heart not something that comes off your tongue.

— Angus Macfadyen

I really don't do fat jokes. I talk about the trials and tribulations of being a large mammal in America.

— John Pinette

To be alive as a human being is to know, in the same way as it is to have a heart that…

— Julian Assange