Quotes About Acceptance

Every agency would mention my hips. I remember looking at the other models and thinking, 'I do not look like these girls.'

All that young people have to look up to are older role models, and I think it's important to have people like myself show that it's OK to be who you are when you're young.

One thing we do, to be inclusive, is that when we shoot campaigns, we ensure to do so with models of different body types, skin colors and with those hailing from different cultures.

People who were gay were pitied and ridiculed by my parents - they had no modern sense of people being allowed to be who they were.

I don't know if I'm the modern-day Dirk, but, you know, I'll take it. I won't complain about that.

I don't think I should be giving out relationship advice! You have to accept each other for who they are and what they will be able to modify in their behavior and what you can modify in your behavior to create a better relationship.

I think it is rather 'unsexy' to go under the knife and modify your appearance.

My grandmother was the best. She loved you for you. She loved me for me. She was old-school. They broke the mold with her. They don't make them like that any more.

It was me that was holding myself back because I felt like I had to fit into this mold of what people want to see.

I never liked feeling like the world needed to have labels on everything, whether it's people or categories of music. I think everyone should be what they want to be, and you shouldn't have to look a certain way in order to fit this mold or that mold.

We have to accept that we are just machines. That's certainly what modern molecular biology says about us.

One of the concepts essential to molecular manufacturing is that of a self-replicating manufacturing system. That concept has lagged behind in its acceptance.

I've had letters from people who have read my articles and said, 'I'm a guy, I'm 18, and I've not come out to my mom and dad yet, but it was so nice to hear your story, and you know, I wish your article would have been longer, because you gave me hope for the future.'

The concept of 'family' has changed so much. It's not just 'mom and dad' anymore. It's 'mom and mom' and 'dad and dad,' and it's kind of beautiful.

You have to kind of embrace the duality of every moment.

I'm good where I am at this moment.

I had my moments of being humiliated, and then I had moments of doing something humiliating. I'm glad I lived out both roles.

My momma told me a long time ago, 'not everybody has to like you.' And it's very true. I'm ok with that.

Moms are people, too. Moms make mistakes, too.

Do not judge other moms on how they raise their children.

My advice to moms that have to go to work is to just be easy on yourself and know that you're doing the best you can.

People are really connecting to my birthmark. I'm getting lots of messages from moms saying that their child has a birthmark on their face and it's a huge boost of confidence to them.

Acceptance at home is fundamental, yes, but frankly, it's just not enough. Trans youth, like most young people, spend the majority of their time at school. If you spent Monday to Friday from 8 to 3 being told that you weren't okay, that you were wrong, how are you meant to think otherwise?

I had the experience of a monk copying documents, applying myself assiduously to my work. And I thought whatever happened, happened - this is just what I do in my life.