#being

I don't mind being black. I'm black out loud. It's more than the people that they are, it's the condition that they represent. ↗

— Mos Def

#black #condition #i #loud #mind

I've always liked being relatively obscure. I feel that's where I belong, that's where my work belongs. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#being #belong #belongs #feel #i

I tend not to trust people who live in very tidy houses. I know that on the surface there is nothing wrong with a person being well-ordered and disciplined. Nothing, except that it leaves the impression of that person having lived in the confines of a stark institution which, although he or she has long since left, remains within. ↗

— Jack Dee

#being #confines #disciplined #except #having

Teaching kids about health and fitness is important to me. It's about being fit for life. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#being #fit #fitness #health #important

There was one thing my daddy wouldn't tolerate in any shape, form or fashion, and that was being unkind or rude to somebody. That was just very important to my folks. And as it turns out, that was a legacy that he left me that money can't buy, is how to be able to treat people. ↗

— Paula Deen

#any #being #buy #daddy #fashion

Our children's health and well-being are dependent on our commitment to promoting food access and good eating habits at home, at school and in the community. ↗

— Rod Blagojevich

#children #commitment #community #dependent #eating

Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor. ↗

— Catherine Deneuve

#being #different #film #film actor #theatre

I've never been in jeopardy, but being an actor is a pretty shady place to be because you never know where your next job is. ↗

— Kat Dennings

#because #been #being #i #jeopardy

My parents were amazing people who had no business being together - and they knew it. ↗

— James Denton

#amazing people #being #business #had #knew

Part of protecting our homeland means being less dependent on foreign countries for our energy. ↗