Quotes About Authenticity

And reality matters because it is the only thing that can satisfy us.

Can I see some ID?" "WE DON'T HAVE ID," said Jay, loudly. "'CAUSE WE'RE CANADIAN. WE DON'T USE ID...THERE. AND THAT'S WHY WE LOOK SO YOUNG. 'CAUSE WE'RE CANADIAN." Doug stiffened. Jay sounded crazy. Doug tried looking extra sane to even things out.

Sejal had not thought of her home, or of India as a whole, as cool. She was dimly aware, however, of a white Westerner habit of wearing other cultures like T-shirts—the sticker bindis on club kids, sindoor in the hair of an unmarried pop star, Hindi characters inked carelessly on tight tank tops and pale flesh. She knew Americans liked to flash a little Indian or Japanese or African. They were always looking for a little pepper to put in their dish.

Marriage is at its best when the love that binds you is simply the idiom in which the two of you move; not something that keeps interrupting your day to day with melodramatic professions of undying love and an endless parade of gifts and boasts and promises.

You know, when you don't go on TV and talk about how many women you sleep with, some people in Hollywood, that are supposedly 'in the know ' start whispering that you're gay. If I were gay, I wouldn't be ashamed to admit it, but I'm not.

I'm smiling because I know perfectly well what I am and I honestly don't give a damn what you think of me

It's never been an issue for me - I don't want to go on a diet, I don't want to eat a Caesar salad with no dressing, why would I do that? I ain't got time for this, just be happy and don't be stupid. If I've got a boyfriend and he loves my body then I'm not worried.

I like having my hair and face done, but I'm not going to lose weight because someone tells me to. I make music to be a musician not to be on the cover of Playboy.

Disciplines done for the wrong reasons actually sabotage transformation and numb us toward God and the truth. When we use spiritual practices to gain secondary things like spiritual cachet, success, approval and respect, we rob the discipline of its God-given grace.

I have the feeling Heather is going to be "expressing herself" a lot more in the future, and I'm sure I won't like everything I hear; but in the long run, I still think it's more important for her to be real than to have to continue being "mother's joy.

hold opinions because I believe them, not to be cool, controversial or compliant.

Don't change yourself to be liked by others.

Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.

Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.

Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that he sometimes has to eat them.

Now for the first time I learned to know men and I learned to distinguish between empty appearances or brutal manners and the real inner nature of the people who outwardly appeared thus.

Be truthful, nature only sides with truth.

Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.

Unlike everything else in these pages, my sketchbook was never intended for any sort of publication. In fact, it was never really meant to be seen by anyone. It's the closest thing I have to a diary, and it exists mainly for my own amusement, practice and mental health.

but they agreed on one thing at least: that there is an inverse relationship between being well turned out and having something to say. Rand talked about people whose careers "depend on keeping faces bland, remarks inconclusive and clothes immaculate".

its not so much about the shoes, but the person wearing them

I don't use a crap camera, I don't eat junk, and I'm not going to a dance where the boys are bores

As an actor, you have to be open to the experience, and you have to be willing to take risks and be vulnerable.

Loneliness is not about how many people you have around. It's about whether or not you feel connected. Whether or not you're able to be yourself.