It is no good being good in halves of games or in one game and not in the next one.
The seeded draw came into being. This means that the two best players of the tournament are placed in opposite halves in the draw, and cannot possibly meet until the finals, if they come through successfully against all the rest of the participants.
I remember when Joe Calzaghe fought Jeff Lacy, and there was all this hype about Lacy being some sort of unbeatable force, and Joe absolutely hammered him.
I have the handicap of being born with a special language to which I alone have the key.
What's worse in Hollywood, being handicapped or being a woman over 50?
I have made a career of bumbling around places, stumbling on landmarks and generally being quite haphazard and shambolic about the way I go about things.
I'm accustomed to being harassed.
If God wishes to reveal the love that he harbors for the world, this love has to be something that the world can recognize, in spite of, or in fact in, its being wholly other.
Being the front guy is a hard job.
The hardest thing about being James Brown is I have to live. I don't have no down time.
One knew in advance that life in New York would not be easy, but there were cheap rents in cold-water lofts without heat, and the excitement of being here made up for those hardships. I didn't move to New York to make a fortune.
Being hardworking is the best thing you can show children.
It's very strong after the birth. It's extraordinary. You can't watch anything to do with kids being harmed.
I miss being able to play my instruments - I'm too much of a physical wreck these days. Playing the vibraphone gives me backache, leg ache, and everything-else ache, and the asthma means I no longer have enough puff to play harmonica.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid likes to reminisce about being an amateur boxer. But his Senate tenure has often looked like an endless rope-a-dope.
I went to a very progressive elementary school where I was heavily educated in civil rights. I remember learning about Harvey Milk when I was in sixth or seventh grade and being so inspired.
Which is worse - being a has-been or being the guy interviewing a has-been?
I was so successful in Cleveland, and we moved to Los Angeles, and there was nothing for me to do. All of a sudden, from being a success, I was a has-been at 13.
I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep.
As a boy, I felt ashamed of being Mexican. I'd say I was Hawaiian.
