Quotes About Authenticity

The kids out there want something they can relate to, something that's real; most of that whiny stuff isn't real. The cheesy pop songs just bore me to death.

I sometimes fall into the trap of doing what I think I should be doing rather than what I want to be doing.

[he brend] gotta be with my fashion I gotta be comfortable with it and want to wear it more than anyone else. So that's really my main objective when it comes to that.

Robotic correctness is the last thing judges want to see or hear

Designers want me to dress like Spring, in billowing things. I don't feel like Spring. I feel like a warm red Autumn.

SeLF censorsHIP? Not my strong suit...I dont want to be a total d o u c h e b a g , but a little bit of one.

The world of a comic strip ought to be a special place with its own logic and life... I don't want the issue of Hobbes's reality settled by a doll manufacturer.

I'm not claiming to appeal to the same people that Christina Aguilera or Britney Spears are going to appeal to. I'm not trying to. I'm doing what I want to do.

I don't play the sport for fame. I don't try to win tournaments for fame. I don't do any of that. It's just me. I'm just Bubba. I goof around. I joke around. I just want to be me and play golf.

I'm my own person, and I want people to know me for who I am.

In Fromm's view, the unconscious is a social creation, maintained because of the deep abhorrence each of us has of our own freedom and the social isolation we fear may result from a fuller expression of our authentic, personal experience.

What is it that we need to overcome in order to truly be "Ourselves"?

The truth ain't what it used to be.

Be honest in everything you do, and insist on honesty from anyone with whom you share a relationship.

We are as sick as our secrets.

When a man practices biblical openness with other men, he moves from secrecy to candor, from isolation to connection, and from pretense to authenticity.

If you are not going to pretend you are problem-free, at least show everyone you are deeply ashamed. 5. If you are not going to either pretend to be perfect or act ashamed, don't show up.

Without the heart it's not worship, it's a stage play.

I don't want to be somebody's crush. If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am.

I am very interested and fascinated how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other.

It's just that I don't want to be somebody's crush. If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am. And I don't want them to carry it around inside. I want them to show me, so I can feel it too.

And I guess I realized at that moment that I really did love her. Because there was nothing to gain, and that didn't matter.

Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense.

I used to make up stuff in my bio all the time, that I used to be a professional ice-skater and stuff like that. I found it so inspirational. Why not make myself cooler than I am?