Quotes About Acceptance

I was accepted to North Carolina School of the Arts with stitches in my mouth.

If I'm playing for North Carolina, and Eric Montross goes up and dunks one, I might jump up and hug him like I was his girlfriend. It's supposed to be that way, in my opinion. Players should be able to express themselves and grow.

When many Chinese escaped to North Korea during the Cultural Revolution, we embraced them. People in China have forgotten about this.

When I went on air and people heard my accent, they all said it was really nice to have a northern voice.

Home will always be Northern Ireland but my schedule means for the next few years I won't be there as much. I can't do the same things that I did a year ago. That is I'm something conscious of, but I'm not sad about it. It's fine.

My chin's too big. And my nose - my nose is funny.

The bad part about growing older is I'm going bald. The good part is my nose seems to be getting shorter.

Sometimes people expect you to be something that you're not or want you to be something that is out of your philosophy, yet they claim they are a fan. Like, 'I'm really your fan, but you should get a nose job!' That's not really a fan.

There's no great shame in having your nose fixed.

Some people think I've had a nose job. I've never had anything like that done, but I have no judgement of anyone that does.

I would love to have a nice straight nose, which God never gave me!

Nostalgia is not a place to live.

I am not nostalgic for the past.

I am not a nostalgic person.

I've seldom become nostalgic or settled.

I'm not a nostalgic person.

Life's not fair. Don't expect it to be.

Life's not fair, I guess.

It's hard to take people seriously who say you're totally irresponsible if you go out and climb mountains when you have kids, because they clearly don't understand the circumstances. You can't impose your own acceptance of risk on other people - that's not fair.

It's not fair for little kids to feel bad about themselves for how they look.

I was afraid of Sonya being defined by her sexuality because that's not fair to her. I don't want Sonya to be defined by who she loves.

And it is easy to believe you are not good enough if you listen to everybody else.

I felt like the sample size was right, and my body was wrong. I basically ended up going into battle with my body, and that's a daily battle every time you look in the mirror. Every time you see an image of a successful model or someone who you look up to who doesn't look like you, you think you're not good enough.

Models are some of the most insecure people I've ever met. They're constantly being told they're not good enough. You've really got to practice loving yourself.