Quotes About Authenticity

I don't want a girl who's high-maintenance and wants to go shopping... I like a girl who doesn't wear make-up and is naturally beautiful.

Comedy is probably a lot harder for me. Maybe it's because I've been doing drama for so long or maybe it's because... you don't want to search for a laugh; you can't try to be funny, you just have to naturally be funny or be in a situation that's funny.

I'm not really a competitive person, and I'm not naturally comfortable in front of people.

I don't really know how to act that much. I'm quite good at comedy, but it's mostly acting naturally.

One thing as a leader - you don't say something to say something. When you actually see something and need to talk to a guy, that's when you say it. It will come naturally.

The modern girl I played in 'Idhu'... came quite naturally to me.

It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or a book.

Daniel Boorstin in The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America

Identities and morality shift with the wind. Established truths, mores, rules, and authenticity mean nothing. Good and evil mean nothing. The idea of permanent personalities and permanent values, as in the culture at large, has evaporated. It is all about winning. It is all about personal pain, vendettas, hedonism, and fantasies of revenge, while inflicting pain on others. It is the cult of victimhood.

Living your life authentically means living your life being true to what is highest and best within you without misrepresentation.

Living authentically means living as the real you without deception. It means you are the person you say you are, not the person you want people to believe you are or the person others expect you to be.

Dear America, I suppose we should introduce ourselves: We're South Louisiana...You probably already know that we talk funny and listen to strange music and eat things you'd probably hire an exterminator to get out of your yard. We dance even if there's no radio. We drink at funerals. We talk too much and laugh too loud and live too large and, frankly,we're suspicious of others who don't.

we dance even if there's no radio. we drink at funerals. we talk too much & laugh too loud & live too large, and, frankly, we're suspicious of others who don't.

Peter Enns is correct: "We do not honor the Lord nor do we uphold the gospel by playing make-believe."[164]

Your authentic, true self doesn't lie to you, mislead you, or take you away from your power source.

If your heart's not in it, why are you in it?

When we dim our light to make others feel more comfortable, the whole world gets darker.

that sort of thing. I'm just supposed to come up with raw

Give me your honest opinion. I don't want truth with a veil on—I like naked ladies naked.

A single girl must lead a double life don't you think?

I can't be anything but what I am, Elle. If you want a man who is going to treat you like a broken doll, you sure as hell come to the wrong place. And if you expect me to step aside and let you make decisions that are ultimately going to harm you, then baby, you definitely have the wrong man because I protect my woman. Right or wrong, politically correct or not, I stand in front of her when there's need.

You can't be anything but who you are. I wouldn't love you the same if you stopped being you. How do I change enough to accept that ruthless streak in you.

I don't think I've actually seen you smile before, Wyatt observed. This woman must be the real deal to teach you how to smile.

It won't work that way. You know me, Bree. You 'know' me. I might have misled things at the club. But I gave you the real man. I don't back away from a fight and I win.