Quotes About Authenticity

Does it really matter if I choose the bus over a BMW, and generic over Gucci? Because the car, the wardrobe, the zip code-those are just nouns, things that are fun to have around, sure, but in the end, they have nothing to do with the real me. Nothing to do with who I really am.

Con o sin ropa, sigues estando desnuda.

Sometimes I don't know what I am. But what I would like to be on the outside -- what I want other people to see -- is a girl.

I have a Ph.D. in masturbation.

Les choses à ne pas dire ne sont pas forcément les choses sales, au contraire. Il faut toujours raconter des saletés qu'on a en soi : c'est sain, c'est gai, c'est tonique. Non, les choses à ne pas dire sont d'un autre ordre – et ne vous attendez pas à ce que je vous l'explique, puisque ce sont précisément des choses à ne pas dire.

Cuando la conocí, estaba viva. Lo subrayo porque hay hombres que sólo son capaces de amar a mujeres muertas. Una mujer a la que nunca has visto vivir resulta mucho más cómoda. Pero yo la amaba porque estaba viva. Estaba más viva que las demás. Todavía hoy, sigue estando más viva que las demás.

N'espère pas être amoureuse, car tu n'en vaux pas la peine : ceux qui t'aimeraient t'aimeraient pour tes mirages, jamais pour ta vérité.

Sin duda cada ser tiene, en el universo de lo escrito, una obra que le convertirá en lector, suponiendo que el destino favorezca su encuentro. Lo que Platón dice de la mitad amorosa, ese otro ser que circula por alguna parte y que conviene encontrar a riesgo de permanecer incompleto hasta el día de tu muerte, es todavía más auténtico en el caso de los libros.

No condenéis a los mentirosos. En el fondo del alma de todo aquel que miente no hay quizá más que un instinto confuso de estética y de perfección.

Your Actions Spoke Louder Than Your Words

To say that an artist sells out means that an artist is making a conscious choice to compromise his music, to to weaken his music for the sake of commercial gain.

We struggle so much with wanting everybody to like us, we weaken ourselves at times.

The weaker the data available upon which to base one's conclusion, the greater the precision which should be quoted in order to give the data authenticity.

Strength comes in so many forms. Not just the physical strength, but to understand the emotional strength. To have emotional vulnerability, to show that's not a weakness.

I believe in the power of weakness.

Being vulnerable is not a sign of weakness. It's a sign of strength.

People are realising that vulnerability isn't a weakness, and the rise of mental health-related humour is making vulnerability feel like a strength.

Sweetness is the opposite of machismo, which is everywhere - and I really don't get on with machismo. I'm interested in sensitivity and weakness and fear and anxiety because I think that, at the end of the day, behind our masks, that's what we are.

When I interview people that want to work with us, I often disregard their resume, because a piece of paper, it doesn't tell me really who they are. I'm looking for honesty, vulnerability. I'm looking for strength, I'm looking for weakness. I'm looking also for someone that wants to learn and is excited about learning.

Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous.

In the past, I have assumed the word 'vulnerability' equates with the word 'weakness' and 'This Is Us' shows us that it is in fact the opposite.

Insecurity, commonly regarded as a weakness in normal people, is the basic tool of the actor's trade.

I don't follow any of what the pop world is doing. Sometimes I feel like that's a weakness, actually, that I'm too in my own bubble. But I'm really just interested in the inner journey. And pop is all about the exterior world, the material.

It's difficult to find a genuine weakness that makes you appear competent. For instance, telling your interviewer that your weakness is working so hard that you have trouble prioritizing your family life is a little too cliche and comes across as disingenuous.