Quotes About Acceptance

Anywhere, you're going to get people who are ignorant or rude but it's not the whole of society. I don't think my life is doomed because I look like this.

I was not aware of alopecia before 'Gone Kesh,' and when I heard the synopsis, read the script, I realized how ignorant we are about people's lifestyles and their issues.

I have to learn to ignore my feelings. Not just the feeling of hunger and the feeling of full, but the feeling of embarrassment, too. I have to remember that this is only weird if I make it weird.

When it comes to the grieving process, we all try to ignore that feeling - but it's important to grieve. Even if something's happened for the best, you need to take that moment to feel something.

I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.

I hate to admit this, but before we had a baby I was kind of weirded out by breastfeeding. It looked strange, and I was always like, 'Look away! Ignore it, ignore the boobs in the room, move along, nothing to see here!'

As anyone who has tinnitus knows, it's not something that you can ignore, and you have to deal with it on a daily basis.

Life is so fragile, so brief. And we seemingly work so hard at trying to ignore that.

When I was younger, it was very easy to ignore me because I was like some crazy hippie kid. But as I've gotten older, and I'm more gray and more lines on my face, it has given me a lot more gravitas.

There's always going to be people who don't understand or accept the united science, and I will just ignore them, as I'm only acting and communicating on the science.

Everyone wants to be liked; everyone wants approval. No one likes being ignored.

I battle with things like depression in my life, I battle with things like anxiety, I battle with things like attention deficit disorder, and I ignored them all.

Ignoring facts does not make them go away.

Your fears never go away. You just get more comfortable ignoring them.

Nothing has ever become better by ignoring the reality.

Just like those who are incurably ill, the aged know everything about their dying except exactly when.

I have no ill will about anything.

Becoming chronically ill has definitely given me a greater understanding of human nature, and I've learned to accept people's lack of long-term compassion for others while they live their busy lives.

People have responded to my stories so well. They come up after a show and say things like, 'Your album really helped me,' or 'I have stage four cancer. I'm terminally ill.' Somebody told me it gave them the courage to die.

When I admitted to myself I was ill, it was tough to accept. I didn't want my family to worry about me.

I was really ill growing up as my body was rejecting everything.

I found out that I was illegal when I was 16. I'm gay. I'm Filipino.

I was an illegitimate, well, I still am an illegitimate child.

I'm not considered as illegitimate as I once was. Because in a sense, I'm like lip cancer - I'm not going to go away.