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Quotes About Authenticity

If you can be anything, be real.
~ Nikki Rowe
Courage is being who you are.Courage is sacred of thyself.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
I am done looking for love where it doesn't exist. I am done coughing up dust in attempts to drink from dry wells.
~ Maggie Georgiana Young
You can be freak of the week, critical thinker & a domestic goddess all in one. There is a beauty in your layers, never dumb yourself down.
~ Ella December
She longs for fresh air and common sense, and is not willing to be a dolt for the sake of being called a deity.
~ Kate Gordon
Be yourself, be brave.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
Most people don't have real friends. You have people in your life waiting for opportunities to see what YOU can do for them.
~ Brandi L. Bates, Soledad
It does seem - well, difficult - to be at the mercy of some gross, unshaven stranger before you can begin to be yourself.
~ James Baldwin
Carrying confidence isn't being the person everyone likes, it's being yourself, regardless of who likes you.
~ Nikki Rowe
I am not fake, I am just too good to be true (-:
~ Mahsati Abdul
If you continue to entertain "boys", don't be upset when you can't find a "man".
~ Stephan Labossiere
When you paint your lips, eye lids, nails or whatever, to look attractive, don't forget your up stairs(intellect) if you leave it behind, i will consider all other colors invalid.
~ Michael Bassey Johnson
A woman's beauty should not imitate art.
~ Lionel Suggs
Be an individual, let out the self that hides away at the expense of others approval.
~ Nikki Rowe
Don't look for Mrs. Right if all your character demonstrates is you are Mr. Wrong.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
When I became a standup comic, my hero, one of them, was Richard Pryor, and you know, I think that comedians, like, comedians talk about hacks, and what a hack is, is someone who does stuff that's not original.
~ Artie Lange
Podcasts feature comedians being as funny as they can be in a non-censored situation. It's really akin to standup in a way. When you go see a comedian in standup, that is the most pure, unadulterated form of their art.
~ Scott Aukerman
I don't talk about having cancer in my standup anymore. I don't have cancer. But if it comes up for me again, that I'm going through something, I'm going to talk about it. I'm going to do whatever feels right whenever it feels right.
~ Tig Notaro
I don't know what the secret to doing standup well is, but I do know the goal is to be yourself as much as possible. And working harder than everyone else.
~ Jermaine Fowler
I always imitated other people and thought, 'Well, maybe I'll do standup,' but I was too afraid for that.
~ Jeff Bennett
I don't always feel fierce and fearless, but I do feel like I'm a rock star at being human.
~ Tracee Ellis Ross
Look, I'm not odd. I'm just trying to be an actor; not a movie star, an actor.
~ Montgomery Clift
I wanted to be Jon Bon Jovi and Bono. But I'm not that cool. I don't need to be. I'm not a rock star. I am who I am.
~ Ronan Keating
The question I love to get asked is: 'What's the hardest part of your job?' And literally, the answer is probably real sad, but it's to just to be me. Like, it's really hard, because I think people, you know, have a set idea of what a pop star should be.
~ Kelly Clarkson