Quotes About Authenticity

No podemos cambiar quienes somos. Tarde o temprano tendremos que enfrentarnos a nosotros mismos.

Sex makes you get real.

Eventually you just have to realize that you're living for an audience of one. I'm not here for anyone else's approval.

An artist has to stick true to their own beliefs and be a pioneer. They're not necessarily pleasing a studio or a government or anybody else but just being honest and raw and expressing themselves in a beautiful way. That's not always what people want to hear or expect to see.

It's much easier to have nothing to live up to. You surprise people when you form a full sentence.

People always tell me, "Reinvent yourself, re-this, re-whatever." I haven't reinvented myself. It's an honest evolution. I've always been authentic. Except for the boobs.

I don't wax or shave like a lot of women do these days." He laughed. "Good. I don't want to feel like I'm having sex with a 10-year-old. I came of age in the seventies, when natural was sexy. I like bush.

Ask for what you want. Say what's on your mind. Be honest with me, and I'll always be honest with you.

if you act (and dress) as if you have a fascinating inner life, you may soon find that you actually do—and that you feel more balanced as a result.

Perfection isn't a requirement of friendship, but showing people who you are definitely is.

There are no grown-ups. Everyone is winging it; some just do it more confidently.

Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.

It's rare that I have a boyfriend- that only happens if I fall in love. I've noticed that people who are never in a relationship just to be in a relationship keep their childlike spark because they don't end up settling for things that make them unhappy, and they never feel as if they took less than what was out there for them. So for me, being single is what I do, and falling in love is the exception.

You know when you're in yoga and you're looking around, thinking, Wow, I wish I were that flexible, or How come she can hold that pose? Well, my friend has a saying: "Stay on your own mat." Not physically, but mentally. In life, we're all made differently: our families, our frames, our personalities and talents. Appreciate how you were made, and stay on your mat. That's where happiness lies.

It's not right to spend money you don't have to perpetuate a lie about who you are.

If you're successful, you'll have friends who are with you for the moment. They are there because you can afford to be in the room and because you're the big deal of the moment. And when you're not the big deal of the moment, you'll look around the room and see the only people who truly care about and support you. These are the important people to remember.

But she found herself drawn to Ivy because he wasn't like her at all, wasn't like anyone, really. Most people were different because they wanted to be noticed. ivy was different because he couldn't be anyone else

Pankaj Mishra (#iampm)

Be not another, if you can be yourself.

Truth is exact correspondence with reality.

I'm not the same person I was. I used to act dumb. It was an act. I am 26 years old, and that act is no longer cute. It is not who I am, nor do I want to be that person for the young girls who looked up to me. I know now that I can make a difference, that I have the power to do that.

There are so many young women who need to hear this story. I don't want them to learn from my mistakes; I want them to stop hating themselves for mistakes of their own. I want them to laugh and see that they do have a voice and their own brand of intelligence and, girl, fuck fitting in.

There is no sin worse in life than being boring—and nothing worse than letting other people tell you what to do.

Secrets are corrosive. Secrets destroy anything you try to layer over them. It's like using concealer to cover a black eye. You can hide it, but that's not the same as healing.