B Quotes
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“Being a student in an art & design school, that was the moment for me, that was when I began to develop a lot of self-confidence and really come into my own.”
“Being a student is like someone behind the bars, only those who burn the midnight oil will get the certificate of freedom.”
Source: The Impact of English Language on Students' Academic Achievement in Secondary Schools in Hargeisa Somaliland
“Being a stunt coordinator, I have to take care not only of myself but I have to make sure everyone is safe.”
“Being a stunt girl is very much my comfort zone, so I had to remove the comfort zone to step fully into the slightly scarier zone. Also, just being perceived as an actor by the outside world, rather than as the stunt girl who does dialogue, has been a part of the challenge in front of me.”
“Being a stutterer feels like being a writer without a pen!”
“Being a success at work is not worth it if it means being a failure at home.”
“Being a successful couple was learning what you were willing to compromise on, and what you weren't; learning when to stand your ground, and when to give it up; what was truly important enough to fight over, and what was just you being pissy. You learned each other's hot buttons, the places that hurt, or angered, when you pressed them. Love makes you learn where all the pitfalls are, and how to avoid them, or how to set them off.”
Source: Kiss the Dead: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel
“Being a successful investor & winning in the stock market is a matter of skill & discipline and not luck alone”
“Being a successful person is not necessarily defined by what you have achieved, but by what you have overcome.”
Source: The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion: A Novel
“Being a successful person, your luck and your believe in yourself is not necessary. The only thing which is quite needed is, your hard-work.”
“Being a successful student is about more than reading, writing, and 'rithmetic. It's about being a skilled negotiator, a keen observer, and a master planner.”
Source: The Secrets of Top Students: Tips, Tools, and Techniques for Acing High School and College
“Being a successful trader also takes courage: the courage to try, the courage to fail, the courage to succeed, and the courage to keep on going when the going gets tough.”
“Being a sugar baby is not being a prostitute. Having boyfriends who treat you nice is not being a whore and should not be looked down upon.”
Source: The Sugar Baby Club
“Being a sugar baby was like being a groupie, but for any guy who was rich.”
Source: The Sugar Baby Club
“Being a superhero is a lot of fun.”
“Being a superhero is great. Everyone should try it.”
“Being a superhero is hard work. You have to save the world. But going to school is even harder. You have to save yourself.”
“Being a superpower is like being a Santa Claus that everyone hates.”
“Being a superstar means you've reached your potential, and I don't think I've reached my potential as a basketball player and as a leader yet.”
“Being a supervillain means never having to say you’re sorry … Unless it’s to the judge or the parole board. Even then, you don’t really have to. It’s not like it’s going to change the outcome or anything.”
Source: Confessions of a D-List Supervillain
“Being a supporter of feminism means becoming aware of your privilege and trying to break it down every day. It's not "trendy." It's actually a really basic thing, and highly political. And you get no benefit from it, no reward for doing so. It means agreeing to give up the privilege you enjoy as a white cishet man. You have to stand alongside your woman in her fight.”
Source: Le coeur des Zobs
“Being a survivor doesn't mean we will never be scared or will only feel strong inside all the time. It's about acknowledging current reality while taking small steps moving forward with hope and courage.”
Source: Embrace Life, Embrace Hope: Cultivating Wholeness and Resilience through the Unexpected
“Being a survivor doesn't mean being strong - it's telling people when you need a meal or a ride, company, whatever. It's paying attention to heart wisdom, feelings, not living a role, but having a unique, authentic life, having something to contribute, finding time to love and laugh. All these things are qualities of survivors.”
“Being a sustainable, happy and profitable organisation goes beyond checklists and execution of responsibility. It’s a deep partnership of the whole, across your value chain, employees, customers and community.”
Source: Sustainable Happy Profit
“Being a systematic theologian allows me to indulge all my interests - in literature, film, art, music - by relating them all to God.”
“Being a teacher at a restaurant in the town where you lived was a little like being a TV star.”
Source: The Uncoupling: A Novel
“Being a teacher is not what I do, it's who I am.”
“Being a team player should not imply a demand for simple obedience and conformity.”
“Being a team player will help you climb the ladder of success. Furthermore, a successful team player can rise to the level of team leader in the future.”
Source: VishwaSutras: Universal Principles For Living: Inspired by Real-Life Experiences
“Being a teen can be tough. Just try to surround yourself with really good friends that really have your back, and also be a really good friend to those who really care about you. If you're not sure about certain things, talk to your friends that you trust and your family.”
“Being a teen idol is what I've waited for my whole life”
“Being a teen idol or being a heartthrob on all the magazines, with Shaun Cassidy, Leif Garrett, and Scott Baio - it was embarrassing! I never understood it. I mean, why me? I never really got it.”
“Being a teen is past for me. Worrying about the world and my place in it is not.”
“Being a teenage model was lot of fun, like playing dress-up. I'd feel ugly and awkward and chubby, and they'd transform me. Not that that makes everything better. Then my mom shopped the pictures around, I guess, and the agencies started calling. I wound up going with a little agency, Spectrum. It all happened really quickly, I started modeling for magazines like YM and Seventeen, and I did a couple of bigger things like Italian Vogue.”
“Being a teenager and figuring out who you are is hard enough without someone attacking you.”
“Being a teenager is an amazing time and a hard time. It's when you make your best friends - I have girls who will never leave my heart and I still talk to. You get the best and the worst as a teen. You have the best friendships and the worst heartbreaks.”
“Being a teenager is as difficult as living with one. And we've all been there. Perhaps that's the reason we're so hard on them.”
“Being a teenager is hard.”
“Being a teenager is the worst thirty years of your life. But it all changes after that. You get a great car, a great job. You got a wife, kids, you got your health. But then your company is sold out from under you, your stocks tank, your wife's sleeping with the gardener and your teenage daughter is pregnant. And you notice that you have a prostate so hard, you can actually take a hammer to it. But hey, not one zit.”
“Being a teenager is the worst thirty years of your life. Peer pressure, acne, final exams, seven little tiny hairs on your upper lip. Luckily, the girls never noticed your infantile moustache, 'cos they were hyptonised by the fire engine sized zit on your forehead.”
“Being a teenager isn't all that different from being part of someone else's story. There's always someone who thinks they know better than you do”
Source: Between the Lines
“Being a teenager these days is not for the faint of heart.”
“Being a teenager who's coming out during a national debate about whether there's something wrong with you, something wrong with the fact that you love someone of the same gender, that's a terrible thing.”
“Being a theater actor, I've done a lot of plays where I've seen someone else play the same role in another production. Especially with the classics: Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams.”
“Being a theomorphic creature, man is himself a work of art. The human soul when purified
and dressed in the garment of spiritual virtues is itself the highest kind of beauty in this world, reflecting directly the Divine Beauty.”
Source: Knowledge and the Sacred
“Being a therapist can be very serious though. There are people's lives in your hands. For me, it was too much.”
“Being a thoughtful vegan makes our time on this Earth more peaceful and joyous, because you get to have a hand in promoting and increasing the happiness, good health and well-being of others -- both animal and human -- rather than being an instrument of their suffering and death.”
“Being a true bad ass has no weight or gender requirement - just 100% commitment to greatness.”
“Being a true friend is giving of the one thing you can NOT get back; Time”
Source: Incomings: What Really Becomes of an Incest Survivor
“Being a true leader isn't about being perfect, it's about being authentically you. True leadership comes from expressing your unique individuality with honesty and courage, not striving for perfection.”
Source: Overcoming Mediocrity: Limitless Women