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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
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
There are few more frustrating things in life than being told something that you already know but cannot admit to knowing.
— Helen Cresswell
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
We are oftener deceived by being told some truth than no truth.
— Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke
A girl who is told repeatedly that she's no genius ends up winning an award for being one. The
— Angela Duckworth
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
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
