#being

To meet the expectations of the majority of our people, and to open up new vistas of economic opportunity so that the aspirations of Nigerians can stand a fair chance of being fulfilled in a lifetime, there must be a truly committed leadership in a democratic Nigeria. ↗

— Ibrahim Babangida

#being #chance #committed #democratic #economic

I'm a complete human being. I'm very emotional and loving. I feel, I hurt, I give, I take, and also I think. I analyze. I'm a sociologist, anthropologist. ↗

— Erykah Badu

#analyze #anthropologist #being #complete #emotional

Being constantly with children was like wearing a pair of shoes that were expensive and too small. She couldn't bear to throw them out, but they gave her blisters. ↗

— Beryl Bainbridge

#being #blisters #children #constantly #expensive

I know that if I can't move people, then I have no business being an actor. ↗

— Alan Arkin

#being #business #i #know #move

I am proud of the fact that women have been recognised as being as capable, as able to do the senior jobs in Europe as any man. ↗

— Catherine Ashton

#am #any #been #being #capable

In the history of Wikileaks, nobody has claimed that the material being put out is not authentic. ↗

— Julian Assange

#being #claimed #history #material #nobody

Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#again #been #being #found #lost

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us. ↗

— Jane Austen

#different #different things #may #more #often

To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment. ↗

— Jane Austen

#enjoyment #flatter #flattered #follow #followed

The stage is close to being in the middle of the hall, so that the performers are surrounded by the listeners. I feel that we are all experiencing the music together. ↗

— Emanuel Ax

#close #experiencing #feel #hall #i