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Acting isn't for me. I don't like being told what to do. I'm more interested in set design, more visually driven. — Sofia Coppola

I'm frustrated when I see movies in which I feel like the plot is being told to me instead of shown to me. — Channing Tatum

I once tried being dramatic when I was fourteen. My mother told me to add it to the calendar. — Penny Reid

Being told that something was going to happen never prepared you for the actuality of the event itself. — Robert Storey

Very few positive experiences begin with being told to count back slowly from ten. — Dana Gould

T. S. Eliot told Auden tht the reason he played patience night after night was that it was the nearest thing to being dead. — Howard Jacobson

He said that in a way being loved is like being told you never have to die. — Timothy Findley

There are few more frustrating things in life than being told something that you already know but cannot admit to knowing. — Helen Cresswell

My ultimate goal will be my being told in a Penthouse letter that I can frame. — Alice Cooper

You can watch any episode you want and have a compelling story being told. — Christopher Meloni

Helena, like many women who ruled their own lives, adored being told what to do when there was no obligation to follow the advice given. — Elizabeth Ironside

Nothing makes one so vain as being told that one is a sinner. — Oscar Wilde

Being perfect is about being able to look your friend in the eye and know that you didn't let them down, because you told them the truth. — Heidi Ayarbe

I am so tired of being told by Democratic operatives to 'suck it up' because so many other profound issues are at stake. — David Mixner

Nobody ever told you that being a mother is all about making what seemed like thousands of tiny decisions. — Liane Moriarty

I don't like being told what to do and kissing you-know-what to get up the corporate ladder. — Robert Kiyosaki

Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time. — David Bailey

I hate being told I can't do something because I'm a girl! — Thanhha Lai

The Bible tells a story. A story that isn't over. A story that is still being told. A story that we have a part to play in. — Rob Bell

I think the diversity of authors and readers is expanding, which is wonderful, because it means the type of story being told is also expanding. — Sarah Zettel

Knowing the future is different from being told what I like. — Audrey Niffenegger

There are two conversations going on at the same time: the story and a conversation about how the story is being told. — David Byrne

The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth. — T. Boone Pickens

I didn't want the Ramones being told what to be doing, and I wanted the Ramones being presented in the right light - the remaining Ramones. — Johnny Ramone

For without being read, is the story ever really told? — Michael Reid

[On being told their loquacious, domineering host was 'outspoken':] By whom? — Dorothy Parker

Our culture doesn't like being told what to do; that's happening in the Church. — Mike Pilavachi

I remember being told 'Someone's gonna make a fortune out of this rap thing' and thinking 'no way'. — Arthur Baker

I'm that weird guy; I hate being told what to do. — Jason Winston George

You'd have known that without being told if you let yourself think about it. — China Mieville

I don't really care what people say about me. I'm fine with lies and rumors. It's the truth I don't want being told. — Katja Millay

We're constantly being told what other people think we are, and that's why it is so important to know yourself. — Sarah McLachlan

I am told the settlement of $5 million I am being paid is the largest amount ever paid under the New York right to privacy law — Woody Allen

Nothing is more tiresome than being told what to admire, and having things pointed at with a stick.
-Robert Frobisher — David Mitchell

To be an artist means a lifetime of being told no, with the occasional yes showing up just to give you enough hope to carry on. — Jami Attenberg

I grew up in North Carolina being told that the Bible approves slavery and segregation, that it was the will of God. — John Shelby Spong

Coach Noll had always told me, Being stubborn is a virtue when you're right; it's only a character flaw when you're wrong. — Tony Dungy

I also like the whole idea of fairy tales and folk tales being a woman's domain, considered a lesser domain at the time they were told. — Alice Hoffman

It is when people are told their own thoughts that they think they are being insulted. — Isak Dinesen

I am told the Cheney-Bush team dislikes their junta being compared to the Nazis. If they ceased behaving like Nazis, no comparison would come to mind. — Gore Vidal

Day after day, I spent long afternoons in the talent pool, being told how to walk, how to talk, how to sit. — Gene Tierney

Her grandmother had once told her that one of life's best lessons was not being afraid to look foolish
to just ask the question. — Melissa Senate

My mother once told me she thought hell would be nothing more than being given a glimpse of God
then having it taken away, forever. — Glen Duncan

Women wanted a new deal, and they expected him to know, without being told, what the deal was, and to agree to it without negotiation. — Ken Follett

It's more like I was daydreaming when the Supreme Being told me what I should do with my life, and it's too late to ask what it was. — Tim Tharp

I've told people that I don't see myself living very long. That really upsets them, but I'm just being honest. — Michael Angelakos

There were many times when I kept silent about being Jewish as I got older, when Jewish jokes were told. — William Shatner

I'm always being told by directors that I add chemistry to scenes, so I mean how difficult could it be? — Zach Braff

I have a long history of being told I have no rhythm, and of people saying 'I've heard chickens sing better than that'. — Mary Margaret O'Hara

Sitting at the table with the kids, and being told off like a kid, has liberated me; my disenfranchisement has empowered me. — Nick Hornby

Her motherly instinct told her that there was too much of something in Natasha, and that it would prevent her from being happy. — Leo Tolstoy

Being told to cut off and walk away from a child - I cannot imagine it. I think I'd rather die. — Kate Winslet

Veronika had accused her father of being a misogynist and Thomas had told Veronika to stop acting like a pseudo lesbian intellectual. — Liane Moriarty

[On being told Mary, Queen of Scots, was taller than she:] Then she is too high, for I myself am neither too high nor too low. — Elizabeth I

The annoying thing about being an atheist is that you'll never have the satifaction of saying to believers, 'I told you so.' — Mark Steel

I - I love being told by people that they enjoy my books, and I think that's really very nice. — Ruth Rendell

Keeping your eyes shut to envision your dreams does nothing to create the reality you're being told to build by your subconscious. — Jes Fuhrmann

This act is an ancient tale new told;
And, in the last repeating, troublesome,
Being urged at a time unseasonable. — William Shakespeare

Of course he had a female following. Was there anything college girls found sexier than being told what to think? — Mira Jacob

You can do anything you want, even if you are being told negative things.stay strong and find motivation — Misty Copeland

Being in command means making tough decisions. Not being in command means shutting up and doing what you're told.
Artemis Fowl — Eoin Colfer

I doubt if there ever was a man who was not gratified by being told that he was liked by the women. — Samuel Johnson

Listen, and you'll hear a story being told, one you may need to know. — Alice Hoffman

I've spent my whole life being told I have a face like a horse. You are just what you are, aren't you? — Jeremy Paxman

If people can finally recognize you on radio without being told who it is, that's what you aim for. — Johnny Marr

The more I heard that I couldn't make it, the more I was determined to do it. I never liked being told that I'm not good enough to do this or that. — Archie Griffin

How I would enjoy being told the novel is dead. How liberating to work in the margins, outside a central perception. You are the ghoul of literature. — Don DeLillo

When you're being told that you're good at something, you start to believe them and then you forget about your hopes and dreams, — Ken Spillman

It's pretty awful being told you're a racist. — Chris Lilley

And I know without being told that she killed herself. And I totally understand why. — Beth Revis

Well, I can't remember not being able to read. I was told I could read by myself very well at the age of three. — Diana Gabaldon

She told a story of being so fixated on the beautiful features of a playmate that she collided with a tree and skinned her own face. — Jean Nathan

Education is not an affair of 'telling' and being told, but an active and constructive process. — John Dewey

I'm not scared of falling,' he told himself. 'The bit I'm scared of is the bit where you stop falling, and start being dead. — Neil Gaiman

My heart is in independent film-making. For me, it's where the fun, gritty storytelling is being told. — Aaron Paul

You are not the writer. You are the story being told from The Writer. — Richard Wisniewski

Style applies to a lifestyle. It's not about being told this is trendy, you must do it. Now people have more access than ever before. — Stacy London

As an actor, you have to get used to being told no, develop a thick skin, and just keep persevering. — Emun Elliott

People are tired of being told that this is as good as it gets. They hear in Donald Trump someone who says, 'We can do better.' — Mike Pence

There's nothing worse than winning but being told by people that you're losing. — Jerry Della Femina

Every picture tells a story. But sometimes it's hard to know what story is actually being told. — Anastasia Hollings

When rumours fly, when false tales are being told, be the storyteller. — Bernard Cornwell

I think storytelling is all about children. We human beings love to hear stories being told - and it first happens when you're a kid. — David Chase

Depression is being colorblind and constantly told how colorful the world is. — Atticus Poetry

We are oftener deceived by being told some truth than no truth. — Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke

For me, I never ever felt the ownership or any identity with any community of disabilities. I didn't grow up being told that I was a disabled child. — Aimee Mullins

One thing about me is that I don't like being told I can't do something. — Molly Quinn

A girl who is told repeatedly that she's no genius ends up winning an award for being one. The — Angela Duckworth

She resented being told constantly that she was stupid, when she knew she wasn't. — Roald Dahl

Don't let it worry you, not being able to speak,'Dustfinger had often told her. 'People tend not to listen anyway, right? — Cornelia Funke

My therapist in Paris once told me that being creative is a better form of therapy for me than sitting on his couch. — Julie Delpy

I don't really see how I can keep being with you. Would you want to be with someone who just told you they could never love you? — Erin McCahan

I don't hire people who have to be told to be nice. I hire nice people. — Leona Helmsley

But I remember being told that the truth does not depend on being believed. — Kevin Powers

Mother Florence had once told her that jealousy was the worst of all faults because it prevented a person from being who they were born to be. — Christopher Pike

And I know, without being told, that's what love does, when it's right-it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could become. — Veronica Roth

Instead of assuming everything you're being told is the truth, ask plenty of questions. — Barbara Corcoran

I don't remember being a keen reader, but apparently I was. My aunt told me that whenever I was teased for reading, I would say, "To each his own." — Sefi Atta

I mean, I never liked being told what to do. It's one of the reasons I dropped out of school. — Dave Grohl

That was the shocking part. Here we were in the midst of everything and this potentially giant story was being told and virtually noone was there. — Robert A. M. Stern