#being

All my life I believed I became an athlete through my own determination, but it's impossible to think that being descended from slaves hasn't left an imprint through the generations. ↗

— Michael Johnson

#became #being #believed #descended #determination

Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you. ↗

— Pamela Hansford Johnson

#believe #fond #his #jests #level

The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef; love, like being enlivened with champagne. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#being #champagne #comfortably #feeling #filled

Then I just moved into being a DJ when that turned into the hottest thing. ↗

— Jam Master Jay

#dj #hottest #i #into #just

Believing in something and being a part of something you believe in and watching it work and coming from it. ↗

— Jam Master Jay

#believe #believing #coming #part #something

I would gladly do it but I am suffering from social phobia. I cannot manage being in a crowd of people. ↗

— Elfriede Jelinek

#being #cannot #crowd #gladly #i

I hope that some day the practice of producing cowpox in human beings will spread over the world - when that day comes, there will be no more smallpox. ↗

— Edward Jenner

#comes #day #hope #human #human beings

However, the thought hit me that this was a pretty pathetic way to kick the bucket - being accidentally poisoned during a photo shoot, of all things - and I started weeping at the idiocy of it all. ↗

— Lara St. John

#all things #being #bucket #during #hit

Naturally, I was a bit of a curiosity, being the first hydrogen peroxide ingestion patient they had ever seen. ↗

— Lara St. John

#bit #curiosity #ever #first #had

I am very scared of being outside my home for long periods of time. ↗

— Daniel Johns

#being #home #i #i am #long