We are used to female writers who use their private lives as unmitigated material being somewhat hormonal; this somehow 'excuses' what might be seen as a highly unfeminine ability to turn their personal upsets into money.
At one point that's all I cared about, being a pro athlete. But I realized I wasn't athletic enough.
Indeed, there are so many prejudices against everyday middle-class values on college campuses, and serving in the military and being pro-American just seems to be one of them.
Being pro-choice was not just a movement to me; it was a lifestyle. I wholeheartedly embraced that lifestyle and loved being a part of it.
When it comes to being a responsible steward of the economy, Congress needs to either lead by promoting a pro-growth economic agenda - or, better yet, get the heck out of the way.
As it gets closer and more probable, being a star is really losing its meaning.
I think songwriting is the ultimate form of being able to make anything that happens in your life productive.
Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.
First of all, I really never imagined myself being a professional athlete.
When it comes to professionalism, it makes sense to talk about being professional in IT. Standards are vital so that IT professionals can provide systems that last.
I glory in the fact that a human being has multiple talents and exercises them all with a degree of integrity and artistic proficiency. That's what I do.
Most kids are not dreaming of being programmers, scientists or engineers.
One of the surest signs of the estimated changes in the consciousness of the American proletariat is to be found in the character of the demands now being put forward by the leadership.
There are ways to stimulate being prolific, and part of that is making pilgrimages, and being open to listening, changing up the routine.
To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being.
Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a being thrown on to the scrap-heap.
Being ready isn't enough; you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change.
The idea of being associated with Bollywood prompted me to get into DVD distribution.
There is no harm in being sometimes wrong - especially if one is promptly found out.
Let me respond with a few points, the first being that all immigrants pay taxes, income taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, gasoline taxes, cigarette taxes, every tax when they make a purchase.