#being

Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted. ↗

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

#being #could #get #go #hope

But for me, being an editor I've been an editor of all kinds of books being an editor of poetry has been the way in which I could give a crucial part of my time to what I love most. ↗

— Peter Davison

#being #books #could #crucial #editor

You can only avoid responsibility for so long. The catalyst ended up being the law coming down and finally saying, 'You guys suspended judgement and that's fine, because we're not.' ↗

— Rosario Dawson

#because #being #catalyst #coming #down

The idea of being on TV 24 hours a day and people seeing the real me... No. ↗

— Johnny Vegas

#day #hours #idea #me #people

We could not guard every water pipeline from being blown up and every tree from being uprooted. We could not prevent every murder of a worker in an orchard or a family in their beds. ↗

— Moshe Dayan

#being #blown #could #every #family

I think the hardest thing about being an actor is between jobs when you don't know and wondering if you'll ever work again. It's kind of a crazy business. ↗

— Michael Vartan

#actor #again #being #between #business

I had everything I'd hoped for, but I wasn't being myself. So I decided to be honest about who I was. It was strange: The people who loved me for being funny suddenly didn't like me for being... me. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#being #being funny #being myself #decided #everything

There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag. ↗

— Jesse Ventura

#citizen #flag #more #much #patriot

When we were growing up our parents somehow made it clear that being famous was good. And I mistakenly thought that if I was famous then everyone would love me. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#being famous #clear #everyone #famous #good

If I were a writer, how I would enjoy being told the novel is dead. How liberating to work in the margins, outside a central perception. You are the ghoul of literature. Lovely. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#central #dead #enjoy #how #i