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Quotes About Self-discovery

I don't read anything about myself. As a child, there was something in me that was just instinctive. I want to be clear in my spirit, and I don't want to be blocked by things that get inside of you and kill you.
~ Gloria Vanderbilt
I don't know what kind of career I want to forge for myself. But I want it to be one where I love the work that I've done. And I like to think that I have good instincts.
~ Anya Taylor-Joy
My parents have always taught me to be myself and to follow my instincts.
~ Kaia Gerber
I soon gave up instruction for self-teaching.
~ Tommy Shaw
The key is within each of us. No instructions come with it.
~ Raoul Vaneigem
I had become so insulated in my world as a mother that I didn't know how to pick up the phone and call anybody to put myself out there. I don't live my life anymore that way.
~ Peggy Lipton
There were many people who tried to insult me and never appreciated me in the beginning. The biggest platform for me I would say more than South Industry, I will say was 'Bigg Boss'. They made me realise who I am and what all I can do in my life.
~ Nikki Tamboli
I always wanted to write fiction. Always. As far back as I can remember it's been integral to my sense of myself - everything else was always a displacement activity.
~ Will Self
I'm really trying to dredge up what one might call intellectual and moral material. For example, when do you realize that you are an American? What age does that happen to you? When do you realize what religion your parents practice? When does it all become conscious? I was interested in exploring all of that.
~ Paul Auster
I never intended to go into the family business. I've always been drawn to wanting to do something else at some time in my life.
~ Christie Hefner
Many people have an intense feeling about what they're best at. Too often, they're driven away from it by other people.
~ Robert Greene
I don't like intensely complicated coaching. I prefer to work things out by myself. A gentle hint is all I need, otherwise it's like finishing a crossword after someone has given me the answers.
~ Jonny Bairstow
I can go days without meaningful human interaction.
~ Kristin Gore
Being given a terrible piece of information shouldn't ruin the interactions you have with the people around you or mean that you can't become something, even if it's not the idea of what you thought you were going to be.
~ Rose McIver
I was very much a late bloomer. That's not to say that girls didn't express interest in me from time to time, but I just, I did not know how to respond to that.
~ Mike Birbiglia
I've given up looking for a boyfriend. That's not to say I won't be interested if the right guy comes along. But I'm not in a hurry.
~ Emily VanCamp
The more I've learned about me, the more I'm interested in others.
~ Shirley MacLaine
I see myself as a scientist who is interested in what's going on inside of us.
~ Susumu Tonegawa
I don't think X-23's past is the most interesting thing about her, but it's not like she can escape it, either.
~ Marjorie Liu
When lockdown happened, and I didn't have that focus to sit down and write a novel, which is what I was supposed to be doing. I still found myself having to write: It was a really interesting thing to learn about myself, that this is a part of who I am, and without it I get frustrated.
~ Dawn O'Porter
It's definitely part of it, that the men were having fun and doing the interesting things but also, I don't know, I'm just thinking more about gender and how maybe in some way I am more of a boy than a girl.
~ Alison Bechdel
I'm an interior designer from the soul. It's not about just putting things in a room. It's much deeper and broader. It's about self-discovery.
~ Alexandra Stoddard
Boredom means you develop your own interior life.
~ Hilton Als
'Liberation' is an interesting word because you can be liberated from external things and also from your internal dialogue.
~ Goldie Hawn