Quotes About Authenticity

I knew I wasn't a baseball writer. I was scared to death. I really was afraid to talk to players, and I didn't want to go into the press box because I thought I was faking it.

If you knew who God made you to be, you'd never want to be anyone else.

For those people who want to keep following trends, you do that and when the trend goes away so will you.

May your service of love a beautiful thing; want nothing else, fear nothing else and let love be free to become what love truly is.

As a composer at a point where I can absolutely pick and choose what I want to do, I don't want to write about anybody I don't care about.

It's ill-becoming for an old broad to sing about how bad she wants it. But occasionally we do.

I'm very sassy. I want to show people in my album I'm not like my characters on TV.

After being in the studio, I realized this is how I want to be. It just feels right.

I am not sure about facelifts because I wouldn't want to be someone who just looks like she's had a facelift.

That's the greatest sin a director can commit; to make a film simply because he wants to make a film.

I don't think I want to win anything I think I want to die unadorned.

Whatever you think, be sure it is what you think; whatever you want, be sure that is what you want; whatever you feel, be sure that is what you feel.

I think that in the end, the people are not fooled by promotion. They want to know that something works and is right.

No one wants to be pretentious about what they do or take it seriously, because that is just weird.

I won't make shorthand films, because I don't want to manipulate audiences into assuming quick, manufactured truths.

If you try to please audiences, uncritically accepting their tastes, it can only mean that you have no respect for them: that you simply want to collect their money.

People always want to protect what's really going on inside. They want to kind of make visible something that looks more pleasant than what may be happening inside of themselves.

I know he wants to get serious. He's definitely not a player, not a poser, not a loser, not a user.

I'm open to love. But guys should have to earn it. Because the minute they get it, they want something else.

Love makes you want to be a better man. But maybe love, real love, also gives you permission to just be the man you are.

Nobody wants to read about a good-looking happy person.

Yo, why can't I speak out and then have fun? Why can't I just be a human? Why can't I just do what I want? People just want to keep you in one type of box or lane.

Depression occurs when you are not being yourself. You're probably doing things you don't want to do.

Arturo Bandini: -What does happiness mean to you Camilla? Camilla: -That you can fall in love with whoever you want to, and not feel ashamed of it.