Quotes About Authenticity

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Fame is the enemy of instinct and spontaneity, the difference between what is said and what ought to be said, and the transformation of one person into two

I am here. Anything more than that is rumor and slander

Grasp your own reality and grasp your name and learn how to write your own proof.

pero estoy harta de no ser quien no soy, y no puedo ser yo si aparento que soy otra.

De ce nu ai spus adev?rul, Mircea? Numai adev?rul nu era de-ajuns? Ai scris pentru bani? Da, pentru asta ai facut-o - acesta este specificul Occidentului, unde c?r?ile se vând pentru voluptate, nu pentru dragoste.

What's this "rough life of a novelist" bullshit? You sound like an idiot. You're a writer. At least give yourself better lines.

The first item on a spiritual agenda is that I am not what I do, that I am what I am, and therefore I am a walking miracle, on a daily basis.

The Initiate must be totally naked, to demonstrate that he is truly a human being and not something else in disguise like a cabbage or something.

I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he's wrong. Than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.

Punk's influence on music, movies, art, design and fashion is no longer in doubt. It is used as the measurement for what is cool.

Never forget," a Stranger said to me once in the lobby of the Midland Hotel in Manchester, "that only dead fish swim with the stream.

Broadcasters or politicians or writers who think that they are respecting Struggle Street, the battlers, by dumbing things down into one-line sound bites are not respecting them, they are treating them with contempt. It's our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them.

Everything after but is BullShit !

A true community begins in the hearts of the people involved. It is not a place of distraction but a place of being.

Each day is a miracle that intoxicates me. I want more. I greet every morning like a new pleasure. And yet I am keenly aware of all life's artifices. Getting dressed, wearing make-up, laughing, having fun-isn't all that just playing a role? Am I not more profound, carrying the burden of those twenty years when I 'wasn't alive', than all those who rushed around in vain during that time?

Don't you know that boys don't cry?' Adam grinned. 'Shall I tell you something I've only recently discovered,' I replied, not attempting to hide the tears rolling down my face and not the least bit ashamed of them. 'Boys don't cry, but real men do.

The truth isn't going to bend itself to suit you.

was hard to speak the truth in a world where lies were currency.

The truth doesn't stop being the truth just because you don't want to talk about it or won't face it.

And in a world desperate to pigeon-hole and categorize and stereotype, she may feel forced to come down on one side or the other. And the truth is, she's both. And the truth is, she's neither.

Don't put words in my mouth. I'm sick of people putting words in my mouth.

I don't want to be here. I don't want to be fixed up with another one of your ideas of the perfect man. Contrary to popular belief, we all don't want to get fucked by the first thing that shows any interest in us. Besides, testosterone-driven sex machines with little to no brains do not appeal to me!

Akki kis chakki ka khate ho aata ki apne ko bimaar batane ki bhi kar sakte ho nautanki. Besharmi ki bhi had hoti hain