Quotes About Authenticity

Do I at times wish I'd had a calmer, wiser, and more manageable sort of existence? One that even at times included pauses and yawning? Absolutely. But then who would I be?

I fell under the heading of: Good Anecdote, Bad Reality. I was really good for material, but when it came to day-to-day living, I was more than he could take.

Screw beauty, it's superficial anyway, and my other attributes matter way more than my appearance.

who do I think I would've been if I hadn't been Princess Leia? Am I Princess Leia, or is she me? Split the difference and you'd be closer to the truth.

And based on the lives depicted on those shows, I knew my life was a different sort of real. It was the only reality I knew, but compared to other folks—both on television and off—it eventually struck me as a little surreal, too. And eventually, too, I understood that my version of reality had a tendency to set me apart from others.

It seems like I want them to like me for my mind, anyway," she said, "so why not let them go straight for it? Why get them to like my legs? It doesn't seem like that's me. I feel like what I look like is government issue, it's pretty much out of my hands. But I invent the stuff I say. That's me.

I want you to want me because you want me, not because of grief, not because he is not here. I want you to love me for me. I want you to kiss me first and not because you need me to help you, but because you need to kiss me.

Why would I want to fit in?

I think that sometimes, when you're with the wrong person, you try to become what that person wants. You lose yourself and who you are, just a little bit, but that doesn't mean you can't get it back.

Why can't we all just be honest with each other? It would be so easy to just not trust anyone ever, but you can't go through life with a pair of scissors in each hand, snip-snip-snipping away at everything people say or don't say, can you? You have to leave one hand free to catch the truth.

They should be beautiful, but I know what they are. They are not beautiful, because beauty is about grace and love and hope. They are all about need.

I respect country music because I feel like it's more about the talent and the songwriting and I put on a big show and we have a lot of stuff, but I feel confident in myself enough as an artist and a singer that I can have all of those fun toys and know that we don't need all the bells and whistles either.

I'm a very simple person. I don't use computers.

It all sounds like braggadocio, I suppose. But I can't help that. It's just the way I felt. Truth is truth, you know.

you don't have to be perfect to be pretty

Sometimes the truth feels good.

All we can do is go around telling the truth.

My father used to say, 'Let them see you and not the suit. That should be secondary.'

When you're famous, you don't get to meet people because they want you to like them when the present themselves to you, and you don't see the real people.

You can only push the truth down for so long, and then it bubbles back up.

Actually," said Jace, "I prefer to think that I'm a liar in a way that's uniquely my own.

There is no pretending",Jace said with absolute clarity."I love you,and I will love you until I die,and if there's a life after that,I'll love you then." She caught her breath.He had said it-the words there was no going back from.

For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.

Be hypocritical, be cautious, be Not what you seem, but always what you see.