Quotes About Acceptance

I have been around for 33 years and I don't have a filmy background. I don't know if I am an insider or an outsider but I have never felt any discrimination.

Do I wish I had it easier being an outsider in the industry? Yes, of course, I wish had it easier. Why would we choose the difficult path. But I would not want to sit and talk about it and get affected about it. I would rather just accept it.

To the people here, we are outsiders. Foreigners.

The crux of drag is outsiders looking in. That's all it is.

What you should do is to say to outsiders that a Christian has neither more nor less rights in our association than an atheist.

I feel like a member of any group comprised of outsiders.

I feel like I can be myself in L.A. I feel like Mississippi is a little close-minded; not all of Mississippi is, but just the part that I came from. They really don't get outsiders.

I write about outsiders. I write about people who are outside and don't know quite how to get in because it's how I've always felt.

Most of us don't want to be outsiders.

I think a lot of people in their lives feel like they don't fit in, even if it looks like they do. People feel like outsiders even if others think we, the lives we live, have everything. If they are popular or they have everything they are supposed to have. Even then, people still don't feel quite included.

People have asked me about playing outsiders. I don't consider myself an outsider. Maybe that's why I'm interested in that. I'm not really sure.

I feel like theater in high school seems to be sort of like the safe haven for the outsiders and people who don't necessarily fit in. And it was a come-as-you-are sort of class, and it's a come-as-you-are after-school activity.

The implications of likability are long-lasting and serious. Women adjust their behavior to be likable and as a result have less power in the world. And this desire to be liked and accepted goes beyond the boardroom - it's an issue that comes up for women in their personal lives as well, especially as they become more opinionated and outspoken.

I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.

We were quickly labeled as an outspoken feminist band, which I'm totally fine with.

I take the good; I take the bad. I don't outweigh them. I just try to balance it all.

Imagine you're in the oven, baking. Some of us know and accept our sexuality right away and some need more time to cook. I should know - I baked for 33 years.

I am who I am, and I can't change that. It's not something I've labored over.

All the nine-planet people out there: Get over it. There's eight.

I don't understand what the big deal is with gay marriage. Get over it, people.

Whoopie doo guys, yes, I've dated girls and I've dated boys - get over it.

My journey with grief, with learning how to grow through it, rather than get over it, will be a lifelong one.

You learn to accept losing someone, but you never get over it.

Divorce was very sad, obviously, but now I've gotten over it.