Quotes About Acceptance

If I was to pretend my father didn't exist and I didn't have anything to remember him by, then it wouldn't be healthy.

But I don't let my bad feelings rule my life. I acknowledge them because I can't pretend they aren't there.

Once I saw that we were not the ultimate arbiters of divine truth but flawed human beings, I couldn't pretend otherwise.

My Dad is finally proud of me. He always wanted me to be a footballer. He is a football hooligan, a true obsessive, if I had been born on match day he would not have been at the hospital, so for me to be able to at least pretend to be a footballer, means I'm finally allowed home at Christmas.

Without McFly, who are we? Trying to find out and pretend you're happy with that new version of you was really difficult.

The question people ask me all the time is, 'How was it playing a gay character? How was it pretending to love a man?' And I don't mean to be abrasive, but that's just the stupidest question in the world to me. To assume there is a difference is ignorance. You're born a certain way. I was born loving women. I could have been born loving men.

I've been pretending to be normal for so much of my life.

I'm not pretending that I'm the perfect body shape.

There's something very noble about the bowling shoe. It has very little pretense, and it's kind of naughty. You have to share them with a bunch of other people, which is so kinky in a way that I like. What other shoes would you actively share with other people?

I look back at my old school journals, and they're full of self-hatred, full of me condemning myself for not being prettier, richer, more popular.

The world is not the prettiest place in this planetary universe.

People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other people's families. The only family that ever horrifies you is your own.

We had a severely autistic kid in my class, and I was always picked last in gym class, even after him. Naturally, that made me feel pretty bad as an eight-year-old.

A lot of people have said I'd have probably done better in my career if I hadn't looked so cheap and gaudy. But I dress to be comfortable for me, and you shouldn't be blamed because you want to look pretty.

I was really heavy growing up, so it was never feeling like the pretty girl, never being popular.

Growing up, I never felt like the pretty girl.

For a homosexual, he's one of the nicest guys I ever met. And he's good at what he does. You know, he's got leadership ability, and if these people here would listen to him, he would take 'em a long way. But anyway, me and Richard got to be pretty good friends - not in a homosexual way, that's for sure.

I think I've always had a 40-year-old body, and now that I'm actually there I'm like, 'Hey, pretty good, huh?'

I think I look pretty good. And I know there are human beings my age who look the way I do. There must be stories about us - not just about people who are young and good-looking.

My worst days are still pretty good days. That's something I might lose in the moment sometimes, but I have a pretty good grasp of it.

I realize that my worst day is pretty good.

The only time I ever think about getting old is when I look in the mirror. I feel pretty good about it, actually.

I'm not a good dancer.

I am not a very good dancer.