Quotes About Acceptance

If you don't like me, don't turn your television on at the holidays, because you won't be able to escape.

When I was young I was one of the second generation of black people in Holland. My father was the first. My mother was white, and living with a black man at that time and having a how-you-say half-caste boy is not easy.

What the Bleep Do We Know was not written with a deaf person in mind, but when they met me, it clicked with them to have me in it. But that happens with a lot of actors in Hollywood, not just with me.

Peace is a gift that is embodied through the Holy Spirit through the acceptance of Christ.

I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that.

I want people to know me in my home state. I want their approval.

I don't know what's going to happen in life, so I don't think it's fair that I know what's going to happen in 'Homeland.'

If I end up homeless and penniless because of a shift in my behavior about sharing what's come to me, bring it on.

Some may want to be a homemaker and some want to follow other careers and they should be allowed. If we want to be different we should be different and we should be allowed to be different.

I own three homes. I drive a Jeep. I'm cool with that.

I've never been booed in my hometown.

And bookish people who do their homework and get it in on time and it's good - they don't have friends at school. I never really got in the cliques. I didn't have the right shoes or hair.

Be honest and accept it if you do not have talent. And if you do, hone your skills.

I think I have come to a place where I'm able to feel more comfortable about being honest.

If your film is honest, people will accept it.

Honestly, if the worst these people can say about me is that I'm gay, then I think I'll be fine. I can handle it.

I've never felt the need to tell anyone that I'm bisexual. I don't feel like I am. I just feel like I'm attracted to who I like. I honestly feel like everyone is like that.

I really don't even know how to take a compliment honestly.

I can honestly say it took two full years for me to get over the fact that I was no longer a baseball player.

I listen to all kinds of music, honestly.

Honestly, I just assume that whatever is going to happen to me is going to happen. There it goes: someone is there, someone isn't there. This girl is here. This food is here. I think the clever people are the ones who do a little as possible.

I honestly really don't get aggravated at all. I just go with the flow. Whatever happens, happens.

In all honesty, when you talk about 'the gay community,' you are talking about my community, haha.

If you have capabilities then the audience will accept you with an open gate. The way you would show them your identity, they will accept you. But you should have the honesty to show your true identity.