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Being an agnostic means all things are possible, even God, even the Holy Trinity. This world is so strange that anything may happen, or may not happen. Being an agnostic makes me live in a larger, a more fantastic kind of world, almost uncanny. It makes me more tolerant.

Being a human being is all about experiencing all of the wonders of the world and therefore as an actress, I'm open to any opportunity that may enrich my horizon.

Being a model to the world, eternal virtue will never falter in you, and you return to the boundless.

Being at sea is like watching the whole world in high-definition.

Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man's world.

Being a part of independent-film world, the independent-film community, that's what you do. You support each other. If someone's doing a movie and you trust them, you roll the dice. Sometimes it's gonna be good, sometimes it's gonna be something that's like, "Oh I don't know what the hell that is." But I've been more fortunate than not to have it work well.

Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously.

Being a vegan is a first-world phenomenon, completely self-indulgent.

Being a world champion is something I'm already proud of and can take for the rest of my life.

Being a world leader is less about destiny than focused determination, and it is there that we have faltered.

Being anxious is the worst feeling in the world.

Being a slow reader would normally be a deficiency; I found a way to make it an asset. I began to sound words and see all those qualities - in a way it made words more precious to me. Since so much of what happens in the world between human beings has to do with the inconsideration of language, with the imprecision of language, with language leaving our mouths unmediated, one thing which was sensuous and visceral led to, in the use of language, a moral gesture. It was about trying to use language to both exemplify and articulate what good is.

Being bombastic for the sake of being bombastic has just never been my take on the world.

Being a President I will carry out a foreign-policy platform that will transform America's role in the world to that of a proactive, not reactive, superpower that will use diplomacy and incentives to head off trouble in unstable regions before they unravel out of control. I will also be wearing platform shoes when I meet with foreign dignitaries to accentuate my well-toned calves.

Being a reporter seems a ticket out to the world.

Being born in '31 was during the Depression and in my earlier youth World War II took place - so it was not the best of times, and yet I don't recall ever having experiences that were a burden.

Being decent is the only thing that matters in a terrible world like this.

Being excited about what we do every day and sharing our gifts with the world is how we cultivate joy and energy.

Being happy enables you to be free from domination by the outside world.

Being Canadian and from Winnipeg, I have the spirit of a dreamer because of the cold, and being in the basement thinking of possibilities of where else I can be in the world, in a good way!

Being effortless is the coolest thing in the world

Being honest...[to reporters] Not the worst thing in the world. Don't write that down.

Being immortal must have a lot of attractions. You can travel all over the world, see everything, do everything. But what happens if you are immortal and your friends and family are not? You are then destined to watch them age and die.

Being human in the digital world is about building a digital world for humans.

Being dyslexic can actually help in the outside world. I see some things clearer than other people do because I have to simplify things to help me and that has helped others.

Being first lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world.

Being good isn't just about being dextrous and being flash. Being good is about being an all-round contributor in the great world of music.

Being in a rock n' roll and pop world, it's very easy to act like a kid.

Being in love with someone who doesn't even know that you exist isn't the worst thing in the world.

Being in touch with the natural world is crucial.

Being on top of the world doesn't mean anything unless you know what it's like to be at the bottom.

Being in Blur has allowed me to travel and hear the music that's being made all over the world.

Being in New York is an almost overwhelming experience. While Washington, D.C., is my favorite American city, I regard New York City as the most amazing city in the world. No other comes close. It is an incredible, inexhaustible engine.

Being in the Midwest, you get the best of all worlds and add your own flavor to it.

Being on set and seeing all that green screen, and how it activated my imagination, was amazing to me. I fell into that world very easily, and it was incredible to be a part of.

Being in love with someone who doesn't even know you exist isn't the worst thing in the world. In fact, it's quite the oppostie. Almost like passing in a term paper that you know sucked, but having that period of time where you haven't gotten your grade back yet -- that kind of exhale where you haven't been rejected, although you pretty much know how it's going to turn out.

Being offended by things is the world's big hobby at the moment. It's almost taken over from wearing goatee beards.

Being offended is part of being in the real world.

Being the director is really something. It's a statement of something and you have to stand up for that. Okay, this is what I see. This is how I see the world. This is how I see cinema. And you have to be able to talk about that and explain it and be responsible.

Being someone who prays or fasts doesn't mean you want an Islamic state. Islam in the form of the Iranian state has been defeated in the Arab world. All Islamist movements now want to copy the Turkish model.

Beings with un-redeemed earthly karma are not permitted after astral death to go to the high causal sphere of cosmic ideas , but must shuttle to and fro from the physical and astral worlds.

Being the companion of the folk of this world is fire. There must be an Abraham if the fire is not going to burn [you].

Being the first black Nobel laureate, and the first African, the African world considered me personal property. I lost the remaining shreds of my anonymity, even to walk a few yards in London, Paris or Frankfurt without being stopped.

Being the undisputed world champion is a relief. We instituted a unified chess title, I am the absolute world champion.

Being the only girl in the world who can say that her mother was Britain's first woman Prime Minister is honour enough for me.

Being vegan is a glorious adventure. It touches every aspect of my life - my relationships, how I relate to the world.

Be it only for a day, it is still a glory without equal to be master of the world just that day.

Be kind to yourself so you can be happy enough to be kind to the world.

Belfast during the Troubles looked like a different world.

Belief must be something different from a mixture of opinions about God and the world, and of precepts for one life or for two. Piety cannot be an instinct craving for a mess of metaphysical and ethical crumbs.