Quotes About Self-expression

You have to not care whether they approve of your or not," she said when I called. "We do what we do to express ourselves, not to coincide with what others like. You're lucky if they like anything you do.

I am not a fucking elf,' she said flatly.

When Shaundelle turned and looked back at Nonie she had her lips pursed. "The man say wear whatever you want. Wear black, girl. It's slimmin', not that you need any slimmin' with your skinny self, but it makes me look like I've been dietin' for a week. I don't want to be the only one wearin' black, so wear black, okay?

we do not have to conform to the way our life has been written for us, especially by those who are less imaginative than ourselves.

The fact that lipstick and mascara and eye shadow were called 'Make Up' thrilled me. Everywhere in the world there were made up people and most of them were women.

I wasn't sure my skeletal system had found a way of walking freely in the Societal System

My mother's words are my mirror. My laptop is my veil of shame. I hide in it all the time.

Avery important change that has yet to be made is the time we transgenders are no longer called 'sex changes'. After all, consider this: we are NOT CHANGING anything! Indeed, we are merely CORRECTING pronouns, names, manner of dress, hormones and less to MATCH what has always been in our brains...

a girl who posts a picture of herself on Instagram must show that she doesn't take herself too seriously, either by mugging or with a self-deprecating or humorous caption or, preferably, both.

Second, there is a payoff in self-defense. If what we want or think does not meet with a positive response, we can take it back, or claim—perhaps sincerely—that that's not what we meant.

There are all kinds of ways to be in the world. And no matter what has happened to us, or what we have been told, or what we have believed, we get to choose our way.

Beauty appears when something is completely and absolutely and openly itself.

I try to keep it real. I don't have time to worry about what I'm projecting to the world. I'm just busy being myself.

Not caring more about what other people think than what you think. That's freedom.

For me, my thoughts are my prostitutes.

Wear scarlet! Tear the green lemons off the tree! I don't want to forget who I am, what has burned in me, and hang limp and clean, an empty dress -

Mira... Tú y yo somos iguales. Lo único es que tú te decoras de forma aterradora por fuera y yo me decoro de forma aterradora por dentro.

One thing you must put aside in order to fulfill your destiny is conformity.

One of the telltale signs of one who has completely embraced their authentic self is that they are, with great consistency, the same person in public as they are behind closed doors. Until you learn how to access your authentic voice, the uniqueness of who you truly are will never be fully realized. What makes you special (just like everyone else) is that you were placed here on this planet to express the one-of-a-kind being only you can be.

I rant, therefore I am.

Old man's gotta be the old man, fish has gotta be the fish. You gotta be who you are in this world, no matter what.

A very important lesson for Leaders comes from children's fairytale 'The Little Mermaid'. You should always be yourself rather than trying to be someone else, particularly an impossible ideal that exists only in your imagination. The Little Mermaid changed herself to become a human so as to win her Prince's love, and yet the Prince married someone else. That's life! In my view, Leaders should always strive to be natural and proud of who they are.

Ceux qui ne peuvent pas entendre la musique toujours rire avec mépris les étoiles de la danse, de penser les danseurs doivent être fou. Vous devez ignorer leur rire moqueur, enlevez vos chaussures, et continuer à danser comme il n'y a personne à regarder. Vous êtes la reine de la danse, et le dernier mot sera toujours la vôtre! Continuateur danse, étoile danser!

Don't follow the Masses, because sometimes the M is silent.