#being

Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by the sword, they were surrounded with a hoop of metal. ↗

— Thomas Bulfinch

#covered #cut #generally #hoop #leather

I never really thought about being an actress or being anything like that. I was always a bit scared as well because of the thing about models becoming an actress and all that. ↗

— Gisele Bundchen

#actress #always #anything #because #becoming

I've enjoyed it, I have seen it once at the premiere in London and it was very nice to be invited there. But I do want to see it again now. I want to sit and watch it as a fan rather than being there at the premiere with all the lights and such. ↗

— Jeremy Bulloch

#being #being there #enjoyed #fan #i

Some values must be universal, like human rights and the equal worth of every human being. ↗

— Bjorn Ulvaeus

#equal #every #human #human being #human rights

Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being. ↗

— Ken Burns

#being #defining #deprive #good #history

One can't live mindfully without being enmeshed in psychological processes that are around us. ↗

— Philip Zimbardo

#being #live #processes #psychological #us

As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up when you are rejected, either by agents or publishers. You absolutely must plow forward. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#agents #allow #being #discouraged #either

Put this restriction on your pleasures, be cautious that they injure no being that lives. ↗

— John Zimmerman

#cautious #injure #lives #pleasures #put

I'm not being outspoken or pro or con abortion. ↗

— Barbara Bush

#being #con #i #outspoken #pro

You never know how things will last, if they will last, and how people will use them in the future. It was a fun movie for young people at the time in the 80s; but it struck a cord with people and it has lasted so I'm very proud of being a part of that. ↗

— Blair Underwood

#cord #fun #future #how #i