Quotes About Authenticity

Just be true, and there are no barriers.

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!

I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.

Don't let fashion dictate your style.

The strength of an artist lies in how much of themselves they are prepared to reveal in their art.' Iain Cameron Williams, 2021, 'Other People's Dreams' to be published in 2022.

Manybear the label "Christian," yet their Christianity has no real impact on life-defining decisions, just as Elimelech bore the name "My God is king" yet lived in a way that made it evident that God wasn't his king at all. The roads we choose for ourselves often make our deepest heart commitments plain for all to see.

One should try to be honest with oneself almost as a daily devotion.

The only things people can ever know about you are the ones that you let them see

We were the only band that played with D.R.I. and C.O.C., and then Celtic Frost and Venom. We were doing shit that nobody else was doing, and we didn't care. I never took myself that seriously.

I am a poet in deeds--not often in words.

No hay tal crudeza —recalca—. So pena que se llame así a trasplantar la vida como es. Las gentes a quienes espanta mi realidad son fariseos que viven, sin asustarse, la misma realidad de mi teatro.»

Somehow her getting naked breaks the tension. Her transformation is palpable: She seems easier, more confident; her body is how she asserts control.

Miss Austen has made herself known without making herself public.

I don't dismiss the music that I was involved with, I don't think it was a joke, I don't think it was funny or a phase, I don't think it was just something I was doing back then, to me it was who I am. It connects all the way through. I don't distance myself from any of it.

It wasn't enough. Not anymore. There had to be more to life than being put in the job that was most satisfying for you, living in the home that made you most comfortable, visiting the friends with whom you never fell out because it was impossible to disagree with them, marrying the partner who was totally compatible with you in every way, being happy in everything because happiness was compulsory. …

Fake it may be, lies and deceptions, but this is the world in which we find ourselves, and here we must make our little lives.

Find you, love you, marry you, and live without shame.

You always think that 70 is the end of the road: 'Somebody died when they were 73 good life'. You're closer to death, and you better make sure you don't waste too much of your time doing things you don't want to do. No point in saying things you don't believe in.

Freedom is expressing our true spirit 'love'. Independence is sustaining this freedom inspite of all inhibitions.

Anna radiated nothing more than happiness, and the guileless mystery of being what she was, which is something few of us can manage.

her face had decided long ago that make-up wasn't going to cure anything. Her

Sometimes a thought is closer to truth, to reality, than an action. You can say anything, you can do anything, but you can't fake a thought.

Soms is een gedachte dichter bij de waarheid, bij de werkelijkheid, dan een handeling. Je kunt alles zeggen, je kunt alles doen, maar een gedachte kun je niet veinzen.

Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out?