Quotes About Authenticity

But those pictures and those moments are posed and smiling. They're not as real as this.

On the contrary, she is one of us. Most decidedly. She is more than we are us. She is, I think, who we really are. Or were...she's an earthling if there ever was one.' 'So it's not just an act?' said Kevin. 'An act? No. If anybody is acting, it's us.

This is what I think: If you had the nerve to live what you lived, you should have the nerve to write it.

If you want to create a masterpiece, you must always avoid beautiful lies.

So always avoid banality. That is, avoid illustrating the author's words and remarks. If you want to create a true masterpiece you must always avoid beautiful lies: the truths on the calender under each date you find a proverb or saying such as: He who is good to others will be happy. But this is not true. It is a lie. The spectator, perhaps, is content. The spectator likes easy truths. But we are not there to please or pander to the spectator. We are here to tell the truth.

The main point then is that an actor should not try to acquire any kind of recipe or build up a box of tricks. This is no place for collecting all sorts of means of expression.

Smile girls, you'll look so much prettier. So I'll damn well decide for myself when I'm ready to smile.

I did. Some truths feel like they'll kill you if you say them out loud.

Being alive isn't the same thing as living

Claire happy to no longer expect...but embrace the sweet lovely mess that is real life.

Then we'll make a deal, you and me. We'll do and say exactly what we mean. And to hell with what anyone thinks about it. If we want to smoke, we'll smoke, if we want to swear, we'll swear. How does that sound?

happy to no longer expect the dead perfection of museum art, but embrace the sweet lovely mess that is real life.

Words and emotions are simple currencies. If we inflate them, they lose their value, just like money. They begin to mean nothing.

Words and emotions are simple currencies. If we inflate them, they lose their value

7. Be real If you want to play with your kids, you must be 100 percent real in what you do. Don't be afraid to look silly. Let them guide. Stop worrying about what others think of you or what you think of yourself. Get down on their level and try to let go for even 20 minutes a day if it is difficult for you. Even a little playtime on their level is worth more than any toy you could buy.

My grandfather said white people can't exist without speaking. He said they're all just imitations of each other, so it's like they have to speak to distinguish themselves.

I never wanted to fall in love. Only stupid girls compromised themselves that way, and I was too smart to sell myself short.

the less energy people expend on performance, the more they expend on appearances to compensate.

Matthew, confess now. Are you a closeted font nerd? Do you go to these conferences? I promise I won't respect you any less if you are. OK, fine, secretly I will, but it's better to get this off your chest and be who you are, than to live in deception. Hiding the truth will only cripple your emotional development Well, I'm sorry to dissapoint you. I'm not a font nerd. You can email me in Papyrus and I won't care.

I bet it's easy for you," Celeste said, as she examined her fingers and toes. "What? Flirting?" "Yes." "Depends. There's flirting," Julie said, jokingly pushing her chest out, "and then there's flirting." She tapped the side of her temple. "It's the second one that's hard because you're putting more of yourself out there.

Being with you let me feel, feel everything , and I needed that. I remembered better with you, I healed better with you, and you made … you made everything real.

Hiding the truth will only cripple your emotional development.

Cauliflower pretending to be rice, oat milk pretending to be cow's milk. Jackfruit pretending to be meat when it's nothing like it. Nothing Ã¢â'¬Â¦ substantial.

If you love somebody; You better let it out; Don't hold it back; While you're trying to figure it out; Cause the only real pain a heart can ever know; Is the sorrow of regret; When you don't let your feelings show. So, did you say it, Did you mean it?