Quotes About Authenticity

Me gustan mis fiestas de hombre solo. Son como la vida misma, como cualquier cuento de Felisberto Hernández: una fiesta incompleta, pero una fiesta de verdad.

Citar es respirar literatura para no ahogarse entre los tópicos castizos y ocurrentes que le vienen a uno a la pluma cuando se empeña en esa vulgaridad suprema de «no deberle nada a nadie». Y es que, en el fondo, quien no cita no hace más que repetir pero sin saberlo ni elegirlo.

It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.

Were I a nightingale, I would act the part of a nightingale were I a swan, the part of a swan.

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

Es necesario no fingir que filosofamos, sino filosofar realmente; no necesitamos, en efecto, aparentar que estamos sanos, sino estarlo verdaderamente.

I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.

It is not the pretended but the real pursuit of philosophy that is needed for we do not need the appearance of good health but to enjoy it in truth.

It's always been my hope, as an actor, to reveal only what is relevant about myself to the work.

Ours is the age of substitutes instead of language, we have jargon instead of principles, slogans and instead of genuine ideas, bright ideas.

Pastimes and games are substitutes for the real living of real intimacy.

If you take away the big words and the solemn face, there is still plenty left, so there is no need to be scared.

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, 'Wow Ã¢â'¬Â¦ what a ride.' Ã¢â'¬Â Billy liked it so much he jotted it down in

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, 'Wow Ã¢â'¬Â¦ what a ride.' 

I'm not hip, I'm not cool, I'm not glib.

que reclamar tu libertad, comprendiendo que eso no significa hacer lo que quieras, sino convertirte en lo que debes ser.

una persona en un millón vive a la altura de lo mejor que hay en ella. La

de lo que podemos considerar como el aspecto sórdido de la vida se origina en la conformidad de "lo que se hace". ¿Cuántos

There were too many Cream and Traffic fans around for that, and the truth is we didn't really know or care which we were. Looking back, I realize that from the start I knew that this was not what I really wanted to do, but I was lazy. Instead of putting more time and effort into making the band into what I thought it ought to be, I opted instead for the laid-back approach, which was just to look for something else that already had an identity.

To desire only happiness in a world undoubtedly tragic is to become inauthentic.

To be fake in this dreamy universe is to believe in actual authenticity and behave accordingly, and to be in tune with the real is to know it's all phony and to create, with a generous heart, your own sweet ruse.

Humankind suffer their emotion. We can not hide them. In Body Language secrets are revealed.

Walk the talk.

I didn't get into skating to be famous.