#being

If you want to be fully convinced of the abominations of slavery, go on a southern plantation, and call yourself a negro trader. Then there will be no concealment; and you will see and hear things that will seem to you impossible among human beings with immortal souls. ↗

— Harriet Ann Jacobs

#among #beings #call #concealment #convinced

I don't see myself as being as big of an influence as other people seem to think. ↗

— Marc Jacobs

#big #i #influence #myself #other

The mere fact of an American being present could help save the lives of innocent people. That's why I believe in the importance of bearing witness, to become a voice for the voiceless. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#bearing #become #being #believe #could

Fake tan is really difficult to get right. When I was younger, I'd always do it wrong. I'd leave it on and forget to wash it off. So I embrace being pale. I like getting a tan, but I also think that if you're going to do it, it has to be gradual. I just work the pale thing now. ↗

— Georgia Jagger

#always #being #difficult #embrace #fake

I still think of my mum as being kind of a dork - a cooler one, but still a dork. ↗

— Georgia Jagger

#cooler #dork #i #kind #mum

But now, being a parent, I go home and see my son and I forget about any mistake I ever made or the reason I'm upset. I get home and my son is smiling or he comes running to me. It has just made me grow as an individual and grow as a man. ↗

— LeBron James

#any #being #comes #ever #forget

But sports carried me away from being in a gang, or being associated with drugs. Sports was my way out. ↗

— LeBron James

#away #being #carried #gang #me

Being the only man in the household with my mom definitely helped me grow up fast. ↗

— LeBron James

#definitely #fast #grow #grow up #helped

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. ↗

— William James

#art #being #knowing #overlook #wise

Part of the reason of being an actor is you like playing other people's lives and exploring all the psychologies in that and the emotions. ↗

— Nicole Kidman

#being #emotions #exploring #like #lives