Just Being Quotations | Page 2

Most people find just being themselves not enough of a show.

Without any fight, just being a witness, mind disappears.

Poetry is a way of always paying attention to the world for me; a way of letting the world stick to me instead of being anxious or estranged, just being present in the world.

The ocean does something to me that is unexplainable. Just being out there and realizing im alive.

Just being able to express myself and reach so many other people by doing so is really great!

Certain money is not always good money. It could be just being at the wrong place at the wrong time. I mean, if you have your priorities in check then for the most part it's easy.

I enjoy just being cocooned in production and it's completely different to your other life that you have. I enjoy that. I enjoy being on the set and hanging out and talking to whoever we're working with and just being in the moment.

Celebrities in general are pretty democratic, just being in the theater. Plus, I'm from Chicago. But Obama's sensible... he's just a reasonable, sensible human being.

Those are my favorite kind of parts to do, just being a goofball and seeing how far you can go with something until you're just way out of line.

You cannot keep on saying oh, you know, talking about disrespecting women as just being politically correct or it's not a big deal or brushing things off. You've got to be aware of it.

Danny DeVito later told me that he knew he wanted me for 'Matilda' the second I walked in the door. I'm not sure if this is true, or if he was just being nice, but I was thrilled when I got it.

It's not even about being negative. It's just being unsettled, unsatisfied, unfinished.

Just being the son of Billy Graham won't get me into heaven.

As women, I think it helps that we are complex creatures by nature so just being a woman helps to understand a woman's journey.

I wanted to enjoy the process. I wanted to enjoy just being on stage and giving back and the feedback.

The danger of oppression is not just being oppressed, it’s becoming an oppressor,

I went from being married to living on my own in L.A., to having a new boyfriend and just being totally self-sufficient and super independent. It's awesome. I love it!

There were a lot of teen stars that were very cookie-cutter... I'm just being me.

Just being young and growing up in this business is hard. Just growing up in general is hard.

We have to get back to the beauty of just being alive in this present moment.

Maybe you're not his type." Michael said "Oh, now you're just being insulting.

That's not what I'm looking forward to, just being home and just kind of not really sure kind of what to do with myself.

Just being a human being, I’ve realized that before every big problem you create for yourself, before every huge mess you have to clean up, there was a crucial moment where you could’ve just said no.

This idea of popular culture became something that belonged to us rather than something that we looked at from far away. We realized we could be part of it and create it, instead of just being consumers only.

I'm terrified of just being myself because I think it's boring. I know who I really am and I think it's boring.

Lots of women are getting involved. They're not satisfied just being passengers anymore.

So I thought if I stopped being so, you know, wounded, we could take a shot at just being friends. - Peeta Mellark

I always had difficulty as a model just being myself. I can be very shy, and I used to have a lot of anxiety about working on set.

I was dissatisfied just being an actor.

It's just fun just being a girl.

I really prize my freedom more than work. I prize just being human and doing other things.

Sometimes I do envision just being a stay at home mom but not working isn't an option for me currently.

I don't think about the miles that are coming down the road, I don't think about the mile I'm on right now, I don't think about the miles I've already covered. I think about what I'm doing right now, just being lost in the moment.

It's the worst kind of bad film: the kind that gets you all worked up and then lets you down, instead of just being lousy from the first shot.

I also want the chance to work with some of the best actors in the business, because that's where you can learn so much by just being on a set and getting a feel for how they approach their role and how they work with you

There's a word in Japanese for being sad in the springtime - a whole word for just being sad - about how pretty the flowers are and how soon they're going to die.

Let the bucket of memory down into the well, bring it up. Cool, cool minutes. No one stirring, no plans. Just being there.

If my parents had made love a tenth of a second earlier or later, I wouldn't exist. What an enormous miracle, just being given life.

I'm losing myself trying to compete with everyone else, instead of just being me.

Be certain that you're not modeling yourself after someone, but just being who you are meant to be. Go ahead, be weird because "normal" is boring!

Animals were not made for us, or our use. They have their own use, which is just being who they are.

You don't win by just being against things, you only win by being for things and making your message perfectly clear.

I prefer just being with people I like. That's my way of celebrating.

We need to give thought, but we also need to take action. You need to dream without just being a dreamer.

God is love and doesn't ask for anything back in return. So it's that process of letting go and just allowing, and just being in that pure state.