Quotes About Acceptance

You don't hear Metallica complaining about Pearl Jam.

I usually get approached by older white ladies of a certain class, with their pearls and, you know, their Talbots on and everything, and they're like, 'We just have to say, we know we're not your demographic, but we love Paper Boi; we really love this show, and we love what you're doing.' It's totally cool.

I thought it was something peculiar to me. I thought I was abnormal.

I think we do people a great disservice by putting them on a pedestal and not allowing them to be human.

In the gay world, and in drag in particular, they love to put you on a pedestal and then two minutes later rip you down.

I very much wanted to be accepted by my peers, to be considered a serious journalist.

It's like, 'Oh, well of course you want gay marriage, you're gay.' I think when heterosexual people are talking to their peers and they're like, 'This is an equal rights thing,' it's a little bit easier.

We want all LGBTQ kids to grow up in a world where they feel safe and equal to their straight peers.

I've searched all of my life for approval from my dad who is not around. So if I can get approval by his fans or from peers and critics, it helps me.

There were boys in my class who would stick pencils in my curls, and say 'oh it's like a cushion' and laugh at me. Even my body type was very different from the other girls in my school. So I grew up thinking that I don't look good enough.

You can't train a penguin to act. You kind of have to take what you get.

I have no methods; all I do is accept people as they are.

How can people change their minds about us if they don't know who we are?

People change their partners like they are changing clothes. It's very common now.

I feel like when I try to fit in, it comes across as not genuine, and that is not good. I'd rather just do me and have people say, 'Oh. That's interesting,' than try to fit in.

I don't argue when people say that my message is simple, but I believe Jesus' message was simple. Jesus didn't go around condemning people.

People say I am cheap, and I don't mind if they do.

Lots of people say to me, 'I completely hate Busted'. That's completely cool with me. I understand why.

A lot of people say I'm bent, and I've heard it so many times that I've almost learned to accept it.

People say I'm bad at a lot of things. One I agree with is that I'm a bad driver.

I accept what people say. I don't have time to dissect it.

It's not in our hands to control what people say about us.

When people say, 'Nothing's coming to me,' they usually don't like what's coming to them.

If people say my numbers aren't enough for the Hall of Fame, I'm fine with that.