Quotes About Transformation

I started doing drag because I needed a creative outlet for myself.

When I was younger, I felt very alone and that I didn't fit into my own skin. I loved the idea of becoming somebody else, and acting was an outlet for me and those emotions.

I write stuff down. I have a chalkboard in the kitchen where I will scrawl stuff down if I have a faint outline of an idea. And I'll go into my office or whatever. But that goes from format to format.

At last we are in it up to our necks, and everything is changed, even your outlook on life.

My outlook on life is totally different because my life was almost taken.

My mindset at this stage, especially after having a daughter... it's just changed my whole outlook.

Beauty is about what's inside us, loving who we are and nurturing that. Outward beauty can really blossom from there.

We're constantly morphing into different outward manifestations of ourselves. That's what I find curious about people.

It was hell at the time, but after it was over, it was wonderful.

Believe it or not, I loved my Jheri curl and thought it was beautiful on me. It actually made my hair grow like crazy. What they didn't tell you back then was that once you get the Jheri curl, there's no way of getting rid of it, so when I was over it, I ended up having to cut off all my hair and start all over again.

It was Dec. 22, 1981. I figured I had messed up enough, and I decided to have a little faith and let God take over. It definitely straightened my act up in a hurry.

I feel being fit gives you a lot of boost to your confidence and your overall look. It transforms you entirely - not just outside but inside, too.

Our goal is not simply to reconstruct the Japan that existed before March 11, 2011, but to build a new Japan. We are determined to overcome this historic challenge.

I like roles of people who can overcome things because there's strength in that and an arc - and roles where they start in one place, and toward the end of the script they end up in a completely different place, so you've seen this growth and some humanity in the role.

We have to overcome the practice of male domination - even though it's changing, and changing in Liberia quite drastically.

There are many things people don't know about me, and maybe when they read about those things, they will have an understanding of the journey I have been on, why I've made the mistakes I have, and hopefully help other people overcome their adversities.

Literally overnight, I became an animator... and one that was well-known.

I thought I'd write one book and the world would change overnight.

I grew up overnight on that day, Dec. 27, 2007.

I was famous overnight. I went from nowhere to being really big.

I think the lottery changed everything for us. Once we got Sidney, it helped us turn this franchise around overnight.

Change won't happen overnight.

Small changes lead to big ones. But big changes - trying to become a different person overnight - usually lead to defeat.

You can't wish away poverty overnight.