Quotes About Self-expression

How you choose to present yourself to the world shows what's meaningful to you - and what you want others to think is meaningful to you.

I was such a nerd. It just wasn't something I would have wanted. And I didn't want to act like an adult.

I remember feeling enormous pressure because I didn't want to be Shirley Temple. Shirley Temple was Shirley Temple, and I didn't ever feel like I could live up to that.

I became a comedian because I didn't want to be bullied anymore. Onstage I was safe.

I think a lot of times, people don't want to do what their parents do because they want to be their own person.

I once wanted to prove myself by being a great actress. Now I want to prove that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll be a great actress.

I won't be satisfied until people want to hear me sing without looking at me. Of course, that doesn't mean I want them to stop looking.

I will write on the pages of history what I want them to say. I will be myself. I will speak my own name.

I love the freedom to do whatever I want with style and not be put into a box.

I am not a princess, I don't want to be referred to as a princess - I find that super creepy.

I think when you first get a job, you're just trying to do what the last regime did, just to keep it going, as opposed to actually doing what you want to do.

Call it stubborn, call it ignorant, call it what you want, but I don't think I have to join a particular faith or culture or creed or religion just to fit in.

I went to business school but left after four months because I just didn't want to be a puppet of society, stuck in an office, craving some sunlight.

I don't think you play for other people's expectations, you know. You don't go and become a lawyer because your mother or father want you to, you don't become a coach because somebody wants you to.

I take no notice of the trends. It has never concerned me at all. My job is to deal with what I want to deal with and reach an audience by doing so.

My line is all based on what I would wear, what I love to wear... It's very selfish! The first thing I ask myself is, "Is this something I would want for myself?" If so, I make it.

I absolutely love what I do, and I want to dance for as long as I can and feel good about what I am putting out there on the stage.

We should be very skeptical of people who want to place limits on how we express ourselves.

Are your eyelashes like your hair?" "Yes. They're very beautiful—want to see?" Her lips twitched. "Vanity is a sin,Bluebell." "When you have it, flaunt it, I say." -Elena and Illium

Because if you stay true to yourself and live your life boldly, someday you might be able to meet someone who will want to eat takoyaki with you more than anyone else.

I'm 27. I feel like I get it. I'm OK with being sexy if I feel like it. Some days I'm brainy, some days I'm funny, some days I'm sexy, and sometimes, I just want to dance.

I think when you mature, you realize that you really don't have to do anything you don't want to do or be represented in a way that doesn't suit you.

My top tip is to go for makeup that suits you, not what you want to look like.

As a feminist, I'll wear whatever I want to.