Quotes About Self-expression

What am I thankful for? MY POLKA DOTS!!

Thank you. For being willing to talk. For not turning me in. For... being you.''I'm pretty good at being me, ' I said. 'I've had all these years to practice--I hardly ever get it wrong these days.

I don't have any rules, because I would only be breaking them, so it's a waste of time

If I had my life to live over, I would do it all again, but this time I would be nastier.

I didn't want to be a loser, but I didn't want to fit in at the same time because I don't like just being ordinary. So it's one of those situations where I always kept my head up.

I always rib people, but nobody ever gives me a hard time. I don't know why. Maybe they're afraid of what I might say. There's probably a lesson in that somewhere, but I don't know what it is.

I'm not interested in trying to work on people's perceptions. I am who I am, and if you don't take the time to learn about that, then your perception is going to be your problem.

Break the Shell": "Child, it's time to break the shell Life's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself You cannot fly until you break the shell.

Love is the time and space where "I" give myself the right to be extraordinary.

The function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.

I've never been cool and I don't really care about being cool. It's just an awful lot of time and hair gel wasted.

It's important for you to spend your time photographing things that matter to you. You need to understand the things that have meaning to you, and not what others think is important for you.

I don't really like dressing up. Some people probably think actresses dress up everywhere they go. I'm in sweatpants half the time with my hair in a ponytail.

I spend most of my time wearing uncomfortable things, so for me, it's all about trainers.

It is time to search out your uniqueness, applaud and acknowledge yourself, and let your own light shine.

I'll probably die by the time I reach 25. But I'll have lived the way I wanted to.

I was a goth girl in high school. Perhaps the powdered white face and the black lipstick were not the most attractive. I felt fabulous at the time but looking back, uh, probably not the best idea.

I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.

People do give me a hard time about my hair because it's orange and it's big.

With short hair you have to get a haircut every two or three weeks. And if you're coloring your hair, you have to color it that often. Every time I did it, I felt fraudulent.

You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself

No way! Let me tell you, I'm no Elvis. Elvis had his time. I'm Vanilla Ice, and it's my turn now.

I don't know about you, but every time some joker points me out as I walk through an airport wearing extra-small Dolfin shorts, a tank top and leg warmers, I get a little upset.

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake.