#being

Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication. ↗

— Lord Byron

#best #drunk #get #intoxication #life

What I enjoy most about being on stage is that the natural instruments give you a greater freedom with texture. When you use natural instruments they have their own resonance. ↗

— John Cale

#being #enjoy #freedom #give #greater

Women are not pals enough with men, so we must make ourselves indispensable. After all, we have the greatest weapon in our hands by just being women. ↗

— Maria Callas

#being #enough #greatest #greatest weapon #hands

When you get pure joy out of 'being' rather than 'doing' or 'seeing,' that's when you realize how big and unexplainable some things are and being a dad is one of those very few things. ↗

— Brendan Fehr

#big #dad #doing #few #few things

There was a big drive when I was at art school to make you aware of the economy of meaning - after all, this was still during the tail end of minimalism. Being responsible for everything you put in your picture, and being able to defend it. Keeping everything clear around you so you know what is operating. To open the wound and keep it clean. ↗

— Jane Campion

#after #around #art #art school #aware

I do not like being famous. I like being normal. ↗

— Vince Gill

#being famous #famous #i #i do #like

The real key is to live in an environment where the mind feels free to choose the right thing instead of being compelled by habit and inertia to choose the wrong thing. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#choose #compelled #environment #feels #free

Being an actress isn't as fun as it may seem. If I don't love something, I stop doing it. I don't love acting anymore, so I've stopped doing it. ↗

— Amanda Bynes

#actress #anymore #being #doing #fun

Unfortunately, we are not painters and authors, where we can do something in isolation. We require a lot of money to create what we create. It's almost like being an architect: You can't be an architect and build whatever buildings you want to. ↗

— Jon Favreau

#architect #authors #being #build #buildings

I liked being in the spotlight. ↗

— Scott Caan

#i #liked #spotlight