Being politically correct means saying what's polite rather than what's accurate. I like to be accurate.
I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
I never dreamed of being a pop star when I was a child.
I don't have an image that I'm trying to, like, portray. I'm just being me.
I suppose I am reluctant about being any sort of 'star' and I didn't particularly want to be portrayed as one.
Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it.
There are a lot of ways to make a positive impact on the community without necessarily being a politician.
There are plenty of good Indian writers in English, and none of us feel we are carrying the burden of being a poster boy.
If one seeks to analyze experiences and reactions to the first postwar years, I hope one may say without being accused of bias that it is easier for the victor than for the vanquished to advocate peace.
We have very pretty Dutch gardens, so called, in America, but their chief claim to being Dutch is that they are set with bulbs, and have Delft or other earthen pots or boxes for formal plants or shrubs.
It's very different working with all adults. I have a swear jar so that, if they have a potty mouth, I make them pay. That's what it's like being on set with adults.
Boys, young men, men of all ages are being captivated by the new visual grammar which pushes men to pout and posture.
I'm not that interested in just being around powerful people for the sake of it.
American POWs from the last Iraq war, who were held prisoner and tortured by Iraq, are now being prevented by our government from suing the Iraqis who tortured them.
The president is being denounced for not taking the kind of pre-emptive action in Afghanistan that he has been so passionately denounced for taking in Iraq. Damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.
It has been surprising to me that so few conservatives have voiced concern over the precedence that are being set in favor of suppression by this so-called conservative administration.
Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being.
That preconceived notion of me being inaccurate is completely false, and I look forward to changing that over time.
I don't think anyone can be more of a predator than a human being.
As the world has become more predatory and aggressive, my impression is that the investment banking business has moved from being relationship-oriented to being increasingly transaction-oriented.
