Quotes About Self-expression

I'm more of a man then you'll ever be, I'm more of a woman then you'll ever get.

I'm not a Jew. I'm Jew-ish. I don't go the whole hog.

I'm not really a Jew; just Jew-ish, not the whole hog.

I wonder if we recognize the irony of telling people to act normal, because to act is to perform a role that isn't real. And I wonder if we truly understand what it does to a human being to tell them to pretend to be someone, or something, they are not, and how this demand requires people to repress, efface, and cover up who they really are.

I can't be your ghost right now. I need to exist

Now I couldn't care less. I just feel like I can write what I want to write, but don't feel I have anything to prove anymore. I think it's very much internal. I don't care about how others judge me.

Be yourself. Always be yourself. If people can't penetrate unimportant surface issues, they're never going to appreciate your fundamental qualities anyway.

In The Book of Joe by Jonathan Tropper, Wayne is talking to Joe about "days that matter". Wayne says, "It's simple really. We were doing what we wanted to do, instead of what we expected ourselves to do.

The letter you write, whether you realize it or not, is always a mirror which reflects your appearance, taste and character.

And I am, whatever you say I am If I wasn't, then why would I say I am?

God gave you them shoes to fit you, so put them on and wear them. Be yourself man, be proud of who you are. Even if it sounds corny, don't let no one tell you, you ain't beautiful.

Sometimes, she reflected, she dressed for courage, sometimes for success, and sometimes for the consolation of knowing that whatever else went wrong, at least she liked her clothes.

You have to be yourself," she said, more than half wishing her nature was as brave as his. "Once you start pretending, you tend to get stuck with it.

The truth is that the Will of God for us always means greater freedom, greater self-expression, wider and newer and brighter experience; better health, greater prosperity, wider opportunity of service to others—life more abundant.

I hope that I'm sexy in a different kind of way than I think that a lot of girls are right now. I think a lot of girls in the public eye, especially musical artists, are just kind of objectified a little bit and wearing super-skimpy outfits and leaving nothing to the imagination.

Being yourself is one of the hardest things because it's scary. You always wonder whether you'll be accepted for who you really are. I decided to call my record 'Inside Out' because that's my motto about life. I don't think you ever succeed at trying to be anyone else but who you truly are.

Country taught me how to sing, it put me on a path. But I was never going to be locked into a formula. I don't want to be considered a current country artist.

Pero mientras vivás acobardada por la opinión ajena nunca serás libre de verdad. Solo se puede ser feliz de espaldas al mundo.

Con solemnidad o no, el narrador de Carta breve para un largo adiós utilizaba siempre su yo, probablemente porque su formación era europea.

I think I have the right to be able to see myself differently from how others see me, to see myself however I want and not to be forced to be this person other people have decided I am.

I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.

Growers and winemakers are more like stewards who understand the potential of a particular piece of earth. Through farming and production they are able to realize that potential, which is sometimes mistaken for self-expression.

If you wait for a better time to create, better than this very moment, if you wait until you feel settled, divinely inspired, perfectly centered, unburdened of your usual worries, or free of your own skin, forget about it. You will still be waiting tomorrow and the next day, wondering why you never managed to begin, wondering

The song you write may be beautiful, the research you conceive may be beautiful, but you are the real beauty in life.