Quotes About Validation

You know, 'Peepshow,' in retrospect that seems like a good fit for me, but in the beginning, I'm sure you remember, nobody was sure if the show was going to last. Everybody was like, 'What are you doing? You can't sing, and you can't dance. What are you doing in this show?'

You feel like people are looking at you like, 'I wanted the old Kathleen. Where's the old Kathleen?' I felt that way in the beginning of Le Tigre. I felt people were like, 'You're not angry enough anymore.' People still ask me that. 'Are you still angry?' I'm like, 'About what? About that question? Yes.'

People are going to figure out that I don't know anything. I always thought I'd be discredited in the end.

I've had people come up to me in the past and say they enjoyed whatever show I've been in.

It's nice to be included in people's fantasies but you also like to be accepted for your own sake.

I so desperately wanted to be Mr. Somebody. Instead, I was the little brother, included to a point.

After a certain point, most people, including editors, will tell you everything you do is great.

At the beginning, when I did 'Yeh Saali Hai Zindagi,' I got a lot of love, which is ever increasing.

Sometimes you don't know what you've got until you put it in front of an audience - and the enthusiasm for the show from the audience has been just incredible.

I keep saying I'm not at all famous in my own country, because people do not think I have done anything for India.

I flung off in a passion, telling him that I would soon show him that I spoke truth. The bystanders openly declared against him, holding him for a lout, as indeed he was, and me for a man, as I had proved myself.

My uncle out in Texas Can't even write his name He signs his checks with X's But they cash 'em just the same

It was so odd seeing a stage full of black women tonight, all of the as dark or darker than her, a first, although rather than feel validated, she felt slightly embarrassed. If only the play was about the first black woman prime minister of Britain, or a Nobel prize-winner for science, or a self-made billionaire, someone who represented legitimate success at the highest levels, instead of lesbian warriors strutting around and falling for each other.

When love is conditional we feel imperfect and unlovable.

The fundamental defect of fathers is that they want their children to be a credit to them.

We all seek approval, and our mother's seal is usually the most important. The nitty gritty is that we have to accept ourselves, even if it is just to be ready for the next cut-down. Mom's blessing or not.

You just don't want me to realize how old you actually are when I see a picture of you in line for Return of the Jedi ." --Dr. Julian Piet (Quoter's note: Damn, it hurts most when they don't mean it. I resemble that remark!! =( )

Nothing was a more powerful compass of my mood or a better indication of my self-worth than the number on the scale.

Join me in validating masturbation as a primary form of sexual expression.

Children who feel unloved and unprotected are like a half-filled cup. They become incapable of 'filling up' because they have come to believe they are unworthy of love. They try to please others, give to others, and care for others in a desperate hope that they may make themselves worthy.

Often it is the person who is being abused who is presented as the identified patient (the one with the problem). Because emotional abuse causes a person to doubt [their] perceptions, and to blame [themselves] for all the problems in the relationship, the abused party often takes on the role of the identified patient quite willingly. The abuser not only goes unrecognized but can also feel bolstered by the counseling experience as [their] perceptions are validated (..).

What scares you?" "That I won't be taken seriously because I can't write my name in the snow.

Computers are great because when you're working with them you get immediate results that let you know if your program works. It's feedback you don't get from many other things.

If you don't live by the praise of men you won't die by their criticism.