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Being Quotes (page 1050)

Max Beerbohm quote: "Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best."
Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Max Beerbohm
Depth on different levels is so important to me. You look at a band like The Beatles, all their material has so much depth to it. And I want people to be able to run away with my melodies and get lost in them and take the lyrics and be able to relate to them. Haley Reinhart
I think anybody with an insecurity, which is everyone, appreciates the fact that it's much easier to be a predator than it is to be prey. James Van Der Beek
Henry Ward Beecher quote: "If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he..."
If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot be a Christian anywhere. Henry Ward Beecher
The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance. Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher quote: "A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to..."
A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good. Henry Ward Beecher
Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low. Henry Ward Beecher
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. Henry Ward Beecher
Boris Johnson quote: "My chances of being PM are about as good as the chances of..."
My chances of being PM are about as good as the chances of finding Elvis on Mars, or my being reincarnated as an olive. Boris Johnson
Barbara Johnson quote: "Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a..."
Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved. Barbara Johnson
In our civilization, men are afraid that they will not be men enough and women are afraid that they might be considered only women. Theodor Reik
Amy Jo Johnson quote: "I believe I can do anything. If I decide I want to be a doctor..."
I believe I can do anything. If I decide I want to be a doctor tomorrow, I'm going to be a doctor. Amy Jo Johnson
I'd known that the visit would be highly scripted and that genuine interactions with citizens wouldn't be possible, since it's illegal for them to speak with foreigners. Still, I'd thought I'd had a unique look at North Korea, only to discover I was wrong. Adam Johnson
For an entire populace, change, growth, and spontaneity were dangerous. Acting upon a personal desire, whispering a hidden longing, revealing your true feelings - all the human actions we think of as essential to a character - had be censored by the self lest they be punished by the state. Adam Johnson
But, in North Korea, it's just the opposite. There's one story. It's written by the Kim regime. And 23 million people are conscripted to be secondary characters. There, as a youth, your aptitude towards certain jobs is measured, and the rest of your life is dictated, whether you'll be a fisherman or a farmer or an opera singer. Adam Johnson

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