A Quote by Mary Beard
If being a decent soul is being maternal, then fine.
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If being a decent soul is being maternal, then fine. I'll call it human.
I'm very cognizant of the image that's being put out there and the way in which people perceive me. I'm honored and flattered that they see me as being a decent human being. I try my best to be a decent human being, but I fall short of the mark like we all do on a regular basis.
Being pregnant is a very boring six months. I am not particularly maternal. It's an occupational hazard of being a wife.
But then I had long mistaken being spoiled for being strong, being defiant for being independent, being reckless for being brave.
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The most important thing for me, when somebody asks me what I class as being a success, is being a decent human being.
And I have been able to establish this sort of decent reputation as being a decent character actor.
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One of the great problems with Americans is that - being a decent people - they assume that everyone else is equally decent.
There are people who've said that I'm being brave for being openly supportive of gay marriage, gay adoption... With all due respect, I humbly dissent. I am not being brave, I'm a decent human being... Love is a human experience, not a political statement
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Being comedic is a skill, because there is a fine line where the context is important. And being dramatic is just being honest and real in that moment.
If the transmigration of a soul takes place into a rational being, it simply becomes the soul of that body. But if the soul migrates into a brute beast, it follows the body outside, as a guardian spirit follows a man. For there could never be a rational soul in an irrational being.
There are people who don't understand some of the core aspects of being a decent human being.
I think it's extremely difficult consistently being a decent human being.
Being a decent human being will require effort and energy.
