Quotes About Authenticity

I do not believe that to be religious in the best, authentic sense a man has to destroy his love life and mummify himself, body and soul.

What --- you don't believe in true love?" Petra asked. "The kind that can then be parlayed into awesome merchandising opportunities?" - "Beauty Queens

Love scenes, if genuine, are indescribable; for to those who have enacted them the most elaborate description seems tame, and to those who have not, the simplest picture seems overdone.

Without being and remaining oneself, there is no love.

Without a safe haven, one of the most authentic parts of who you are, who you love, felt invisible to the world.

What mattered most was knowing that love was mine to give, without strings or expectations.

People love to see themselves on screen in a way that makes sense and seems on point.

The hell with "love" anyway, and with every other phony, time-wasting, half-assed emotion in the world.

Love the player for who they are, not for what they can do for you. Kids see through the coach whose only concern is for himself.

Love is accepting your truest, most authentic expression of self, and allowing yourself to do the same with others.

All my life, I have made it complicated, but it is so simple. I love when I love. And when I love, I am myself.

I love anybody who has convictions enough to make mistakes because only people who make mistakes get into enough trouble to be called drama, I think.

Talk about what you love and keep quiet about what you don't.

Only the really plain people know about love - the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impression that they soon exhaust their talents.

I have a personal ambition to live my life honestly and honor the true love that I've had and also the people I've had around me.

It sounds like a cliche but I also learnt that you're not going to fall for the right person until you really love yourself and feel good about how you are.

You can find love when you are famous if you are the same person you were before you were famous.

Well, dating has become a sport and not about finding the person you love.

To love someone, why do you need society's approval and permission?

Love is not a contract between two narcissists.

I would hate to make music and people love me for something that isn't me.

What is going on with you?" she says, shaking her head and pushing me away. "What's up with all the love and affection? I mean, you of all people, you of the eternal iPod-hoodie combo.

The way that I've always gone about making music, the rule of thumb, has just been to make what I love.

One can beg, buy, be presented with and find love in the streets, but it can never be stolen.