Quotes About Self

I would say both Western psychology and Eastern paths would recognize that we get caught up in feeling like a separate self and an unworthy self.

Pleasure becomes a value, a teleological end in itself. It's probably more Western than U.S. per se.

Sure you're powerless, sure you're just one person, sure you can't change anything... but you don't have to be miserable about it as well.

Foundational autonomy asserts instead that in the most fundamental practical sense, I am my own creator, which means that at the core, I am alone.

I never really read a character before that I connected with more than Peeta. So, for me, if I couldn't get that job I was like, 'Well, if I can't play practically myself in a movie, what can I play?'

It's a philosophy of life. A practice. If you do this, something will change, what will change is that you will change, your life will change, and if you can change you, you can perhaps change the world.

I was never a practicing Muslim. But I do consider myself a Muslim.

My desire to be an actor or a model precedes my identity.

I would never live in anything I design. Life and art are different. My life is very precious to me - my art is precious to me. I love designing things for other people, but I don't like designing things for myself.

Don't call me a hero. I would prefer myself being called as an actor.

I prefer flat shoes and comfort: I feel more like myself.

I prefer the new me a million times more over than the old one.

I'm not so sure I believe in dopplegangers. I just prefer to be Dane DeHaan.

Pregnancy forces you to put your health first.

I've been my normal self during pregnancy. I want other women who get nervous and anxious to experience the same comfort as me and to not feel awkward about their weight or baby bump.

We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity.

There'll always be that prep in me that I can't seem to get rid of.

I trust myself. I trust my instincts. I know what I'm gonna do, what I can do, what I can't do. I've been through a lot, and I could go through more, but I hope I don't have to. But if I did, I'd be able to do it. I'm not going to enjoy dying, but there's not much prep for that.

Preparation is definitely important, but it depends on the kinds of roles I do. Like, I completely identify with my character in 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.' I had to be myself and I didn't have to actually prepare for it.

I prepare myself to fight; I prepare myself for myself.

I understand aggressiveness in only one way: being prepared to hurt yourself, not someone else.

When I go on stage, I'm a different man. I become Chubby Checker, And when I'm not Chubby Checker, I'm preparing to be him.

I just like being me, and whether the people love me or hate me, that's their own prerogative.

Be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence.