I went from being a senator, a young senator, to being considered for vice president, running for president, being a vice presidential candidate, and becoming a national public figure. All of which fed a self-focus, an egotism, a narcissism that lead...
Did you know there's a difference between being busy and being fruitful? Did you ever stop to think that just being busy - running around in circles all day but not accomplishing anything - is the same as wasting your time? It's frustrating to expend...
Good girls like myself need subversion. Being solemn, I aspire to comedy. Being a novelist, I aspire to the musical. Being organized, I aspire to luminous chaos. Loving the power of grammar and the fine distinctions of language, I seek the part of th...
Fear, jealousy and anger are manifestations of a lack of being in love. Being in love is possible only when you are in love with yourslef first. Self-love is an inborn quality that has been corroded because of social conditioning. As a result, we for...
Sometimes I say I feel more like a dancer than an actor, because there are things implied about being an actor that I don't really like. I feel more comfortable with the word 'performer'. I like being the thing. I like being the doer. There's a factu...
Always being there was the essential secret for a wife.
Being reliable is something. Being good.
One of the hardest things about being alive is being with other people.
Nothingness lies coiled in the heart of being - like a worm.
I think my attitude to human beings has changed since leaving prison.
Knowing how to age and not being afraid of aging is very healthy.
Unfortunately, in some parts of the country, some kids are taught at an early age that being different is somehow bad or wrong or worthy of ridicule.
I love the solitude of being on a plane and finally getting to read an entire book and being left alone.
Being alone on the moors is scary; as the rain clouds settle in, it makes you realise your place in nature.
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
There’s a big difference between being numb to something and being immune to it.
There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy.
Life is meant to be fun, and joyous, and fulfilling.
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
A demon obsessed with being human is a demon no longer
We wanted a labour force, but human beings came.
