Quotes About Acceptance

I grew up in the Bronx. I used to remember going to all these fancy stores in Manhattan to run errands or whatever, and I felt intimidated, like they did not talk to me because I was from the Bronx. I never want anyone to be intimidated by fashion. Fashion is fun or, at least, should be.

Everybody has those stories that make them wince when they think about them silently. But as soon as you tell that story, it becomes a little bit less cringe-inducing.

Black girl stories aren't just for black girls: they're for everybody.

When we reach reflexively for something to dull an ache inside of us, in that very moment of reaching, we are hiding from our pain. We're storing it away. Tamping it down.

You can learn to prevent a storm, or you can learn to ride the storm. If you learn to ride the storm, the storm is not a problem anymore.

'Pong' hit the fancy. It was sort of the perfect storm of a game which has two players highly social, a game that women could play better than a guy, and sort of an acceptance of this social nature of games in a bar.

Everybody always asks us how we choose the movies we have going right now, and it's hard to explain sometimes. There's a randomness to the way things kind of happen and get done. And sometimes you have this perfect storm, and you have to accept that and do the best you can.

Is it sad that Storm Corrosion needs to be explained to people before they can accept it? I don't think it's sad; I think it's inevitable. I think it's just human nature.

America needs to get over it. We can't control everything. We can't control the storms.

Most of us have this story of not feeling comfortable because of how you were. Now they call it ADHD. I just knew I bounced all over the place. I'm glad I had ADHD... It's what makes us creative.

I am over that phase where any kind of story would bother me, be it personal or professional. I just laugh it off and forget about it.

I have decided to dub on my own for my role in Vazhipokkan. It is an interesting storyline and hence I accepted the offer.

I suppose if the script and storyline is good, you've got to take what you're given, really.

As storytellers, we tend to want to force-feed everything and have everybody understand everything right away, and we freak out if they don't.

It took many years to accept that fantasy is the fuel for my storytelling passion, and without that, I really am a hack, writing for money or approval rather than for the pure delight of storytelling.

You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight.

I don't care if you're gay, black, Chinese, straight. That means nothing to me. It's all an illusion.

I have some good friends of my own who happen to be gay, and when it comes to gay, straight, or whatever, I'm for anything life-affirmative. I'm for gay power, straight power, male power, female power; everybody should feel empowered without oppressing anyone who's different.

The way I approach the character isn't about being gay or straight. It's just about who you love. Gender has very little to do with it.

I hated my big hair. I always wore it straight.

Man, if you're gay we can be friends. If you're straight, we can be friends. I'm not gay, I don't plan on being gay, I don't condone it and I'm not sayin' I'm against it.

I was convinced I was worth less than my straight peers. I was at best inauthentic, and the longer I went without amending that dishonesty, the more ashamed I felt.

You don't need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.

I don't much care who is gay or straight or married or not. I mostly notice if they are brave enough to confront bigotry.