#being

If you get depressed about being the second-best team in the world, then you've got a problem. ↗

In a lot of areas of my life, particularly in my teenage years, I began to think about the world, and to think about the universe as being a part of my conscious everyday life. ↗

— Julius Erving

#areas #began #being #conscious #everyday

The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human. ↗

— Elizabeth Edwards

#able #being #being human #called #certainly

I think being an effective First Lady is first of all being the partner that your husband needs. ↗

— Elizabeth Edwards

#effective #first #first lady #first of all #husband

Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young. ↗

— Duke Ellington

#being #fate #kind #me #too

We are just fans of music, we are not fans of a specific kind of music. We just happen to be a rock band. Until we explain ourselves, sometimes people don't understand why we limit ourselves to just being a rock band. It's because that is what we like doing. ↗

— Joe Elliott

#because #being #doing #explain #fans

No one is drawn to writing about being happy or feelings of joy. ↗

— Bret Easton Ellis

#being #being happy #drawn #feelings #happy

Babies control and bring up their families as much as they are controlled by them; in fact the family brings up baby by being brought up by him. ↗

— Erik H. Erikson

#baby #being #bring #brings #brought

I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed. ↗

— Ralph Ellison

#ashamed #been #being #grandparents #having

Being a rock star is like being a cult leader - you really have to be in your own religion. ↗