Quotes About Self-perception

At primary school, I thought I was George Best. Then I got to secondary school, and it was more serious.

I got the name in primary school because my hair was shaggy. And I didn't like it; I thought it was derogatory.

People said I was king, but I was never king, and I say I'm the prime minister.

I prefer Princess. I would love to be known as a diva later on in life when I've had far more experiences.

I'm not a princess anyway so I find that quite weird to be labelled as one.

I'm overweight and over 40. I usually play nurses and prison guards.

I'm not obsessed by looks. I think you can become a prisoner of your own image.

No one ought to be under any illusion that Cheney privately thinks himself a failure.

I'll always struggle over saying I'm a writer, even if I won the Booker Prize.

Most of us think that we are 'better than average' in most things. We are also 'miscalibrated,' meaning that our sense of the probability of events doesn't line up with reality. When we say we are sure about a certain fact, for example, we may well be right only half the time.

So when I looked at pictures and produced my calendar and edited the pictures, it wasn't just about looking at myself and thinking I'm attractive. I try to take myself out of it and get into the whole process of putting it all together.

It's funny because, when I was younger, my body was 'better,' but I was more insecure about it. Then, in my 30s, I had children, so I loved my body because of what it had produced.

I already am a product.

I know I look arrogant, but I'm altogether a different person outside the ring.

We know that we're not supposed to be racially biased, and we don't want to think of ourselves as racially biased, so we tell ourselves a different story.

The thing is that I never felt beautiful. I really never did. I think I can change my looks and be different things, but I've never thought of myself as this face.

I do have sometimes a difficult time watching myself.

I don't see myself at a physical disadvantage.

The more defensive and angry I get, the more I later discover those feelings are usually just projections of feelings I am having towards myself.

I like the cut of my gib. I dislike the way I move.

If you knew the real me, you'd want to keep your distance from me. Seriously.

When I got done at Duke, I almost felt ashamed of it. I almost tried to distance myself from being the Duke guy.

I just think that the whole diva thing is a misrepresentation of who I am.

I don't think I'm a diva.