#being

I think the rich will eventually have to cave in too, because the economic situation around the world is not gonna tolerate the United States being on top forever. ↗

— Nina Simone

#because #being #cave #economic #economic situation

The vast majority of human beings dislike and even actually dread all notions with which they are not familiar... Hence it comes about that at their first appearance innovators have generally been persecuted, and always derided as fools and madmen. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#actually #always #appearance #been #beings

I'm a schoolteacher. That's even worse than being an intellectual. Schoolteachers are not only comic, they're often cold and hungry in this richest land on earth. ↗

— Joseph L. Mankiewicz

#cold #comic #earth #even #even worse

There's a fine line between being sweet and innocent and being a tough broad. ↗

— Phyllis George

#between #broad #fine #fine line #innocent

The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable. ↗

— Paul Tillich

#accept #being #oneself #spite #unacceptable

Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave. ↗

— Mary Tyler Moore

#brave #chances #courage #fail #grow

Nije čovjek ono što misli, već ono što čini. ↗

— Meša Selimović

#deeds #man #death

I don't put the pressure on myself to be a very successful movie star. I want to enjoy being an actor and I want to be challenged by the roles I take. ↗

— Thandie Newton

#being #challenged #enjoy #i #movie

When a lack of white blood cells exposes the horizon of being, one has to make a choice. To cloister yourself away in a germ-free environment, alive but alone, or to embrace the woman you love and catch your death of cold at the marriage ceremony? What a great show. It’s inner-directed script was unmatched by any other soap opera. ↗

— Benson Bruno

#existentialism #immune-system #soap-operas #death

Well, being a Canadian, I love SCTV, and I think it's the basis for all good North American comedy, so I compare everything to that. ↗

— Melissa Auf der Maur

#basis #being #canadian #comedy #compare