Quotes About Self-discovery

I couldn't see myself filling some definite niche in what is called a career. This was all misty.

I was made fun of in the Midwest - I was the only Asian in my graduating class of 200. Fortunately, I found my niche, and it was fine. But I wanted to be so white, you wouldn't believe it. I was like, 'I want to be white; I don't want to be this anymore.' But now I embrace it.

I never wanted to do anything else, really. I left home at an early age trying to find my voice, my niche in music.

In music you can find your own niche. You can do what you want to do. There is really no job description. You have to find your own way, and that's fun.

I think it's important for kids to find their own niche, their own hobbies or profession.

It took me years to separate Nick Foles the person from Nick Foles the football player.

Since 'Madalsa' in Malayalam turned out to be a little disapproving, I decided to change it to Mithi, my nick name.

All my friends from my past would know me as Scott Diggs. Taye Diggs comes from Scott-taye. When I went to college I liked it because it was so different and I have an infatuation with nicknames.

Tori's my legal name. My niece and nephews, they all call me Aunt Ellen, because I went by my middle name years ago, before I turned 18.

With a name like Cush Jumbo, you never get forgotten. The 'Jumbo' is from my father, who is Nigerian, and 'Cush' was a king in ancient Egypt. It's a name that took a few years to grow into, but now I feel it was meant to be. It's absolutely who I am, and I love it.

Buying sports cars, going to expensive nightclubs, spraying people with champagne and things like that - what I learnt is that it wasn't for me, and, in fact, I feel pretty empty after doing that.

You have to know who you are, if you don't you have nightmares.

I got a journalism degree. I started doing journalism - I interned at 'Cosmopolitan' magazine in the 1970s, which probably wasn't the best place for me, and I spent six or nine months freelancing. Anyway, I wasn't that good at it.

People think I'm strong, but actually I wanted to crawl away. I thought, I'm going to live in the country with my horse and I'll get a nine-to-five; I don't need this.

I first came out to my mom in the ninth grade.

I didn't know who Avedon was. I was 18 years old. I dropped out of high school in the 10th grade. I had no idea.

It's truly disheartening to me to see so many beautiful women who have no idea what their potential is.

My drama teacher when I was a kid called me 'Zawe the activist' and I had no idea why. Now I've got older I can see why she always saw that in me.

I had no intention of being an actor. I was quite good at it. I was pretty capable at other things but never any good at anything.

When I started doing makeup, I had no intention of doing drag.

By the time I grew up, acting just seemed like something I'd already done. I had absolutely no interest in it, even though some people thought it would be my calling.

I need time to do whatever I want to do. What happens to an actor that has no life experience? They don't know how to act as a different role. So, that's really important to do.

Everyone needs to take that time to figure out who they are. The fact that there's no love interests in 'Moana' - it's all about her - is very relatable. You don't need another person to help you find yourself.

I've realized that no problem is as hopeless as it first may seem, I've learned how to live day to day and show others how to do the same, and most of all, I've learned how to just be.