Quotes About Authenticity

You know a dog loves you for who you are; they don't know if you're a soccer player or not. Sometimes people treat you good because you're a footballer or because you're famous, but a dog doesn't know it.

The fact that, for so many generations, ordinary, everyday Americans came out of the closet and told their family and friends about who they are has laid the foundation for public sentiment to change. They got comfortable in their own skins to be able to share themselves with family and friends. This is where social change took place.

At every point I am besieged by people who would like me to conform to some social norm of whatever sort of social group they expect me to be a part of. I never have any identification with these social groups.

Just being a normal person and having a social life involves a lot of dishonesty for me.

I love my personal life and having a social life. And I didn't ever want to have to compromise.

I'm just not a messy person... I don't look for pleasure in social media.

I've been very careful to always make clear that I am a real person. That's why I'm on social media a lot.

I'm not involved on any social media; it's really not my style.

I don't take the Internet and social media very seriously. I've grown up around social media but to me what happens on the Internet just doesn't feel real.

Fashion's a huge part of my life, but I don't necessarily feel comfortable always talking about clothes on my personal social media.

When you meet people you've interacted with on social media, they are not like they are on social media.

In the age of social media and dating apps, so many people are able to hide behind their Instagram page or their Raya page or Facebook. And it's like, 'Let's set something up! I want to meet face-to-face.' And 'Take Me' was about, 'Are you going to take me out? Do I have to be the first person to make the move?'

Much of social media can be seen as the 'News of me.' It's not so much a platform for connecting and sharing as it is a platform for advertising the idea of yourself you want to portray to others: the image of yourself you want to project.

I am worst when it comes to social media.

Himanshu and I have known each other for over 13 years, and I don't have to prove anything to anyone. Why should I go gushy over my husband on social media when I would rather keep my love and feelings private?

Of course, I always try to integrate my life on social media but I would be the last person to post a random picture just to get likes and just so that I can create some social media feed. For me, a post should have some meaning.

Social media should be a true sense of who you are.

One of the most incredible things I believe that social media has done, is that it genuinely just amplifies what's inside us already.

I think you're kind of seeing the real me as far as seeing what I post on social media, because I am very much into cooking, and my dogs, and obviously my son, and my lifestyle in Santa Cruz is very laid-back.

Good social media is authentic. What makes social media work is actually having something to say.

A lot of people use social media to share mundane things or for self-glorification. I try to use it to share interesting things with people.

I try not to live my life on my phone or my social media pages.

Social media can connect you with other people in so many wonderful ways - but it can also make you really sick of yourself.

Social media is a really cool way to tell your story to people who are interested in hearing it. It's not getting put through the filter of a television executive who's decided you're too old to justify the expenditure.