Being Myself Quotes - Page 6

• When I compare myself, my being-myself, with anything else whatever, all things alike, all in the same degree, rebuff me with blank unlikeness.

  Gerard Manley Hopkins

  Self, Degrees, Individualism

  GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS (1967). “THE SERMONS AND DEVOTIONAL WRITINGS OF GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS”

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• I grew up in predominantly black neighborhoods and went to predominantly black schools. And hip-hop is what I grew up listening to in my teenage years. Basically I'm just being myself.

  Mark Wahlberg

  Teenage, School, Years

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I'm just being myself. I'm not a very complex guy; I'm not a very studious, crazy intellectual guy. I'm just a guy.

  Mac DeMarco

  Crazy, Guy, Intellectual

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• If I'm a character, it's a biographical movie. My character is as close to me as possible. As close to being myself as possible. So my character, J. Cole, is very close to Jermaine Cole.

  J. Cole

  Character, Ifs

  "J. Cole Talks Roc Nation, Meeting Jay-Z & 'The Warm Up' Mixtape". Interview with Damien Scott, www.complex.com. May 2, 2009.

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• I'm terrified of just being myself because I think it's boring. I know who I really am and I think it's boring.

  Sufjan Stevens

  Thinking, Just Being, Boring

  "It’s Sufjan Stevens’ Way or the Highway". Interview with Brandon Stosuy, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 30, 2009.

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• It is true to say that for me sanctity consists in being myself and for you sanctity consists of being yourself and that, in the last analysis, your sanctity will never be mine and mine will never be yours, except in the communism of charity and grace. For me to be a saint means to be myself. Therefore the problem of sanctity and salvation is in fact the problem of finding out who I am and of discovering my true self.

  Thomas Merton

  Being Yourself, Mean, Who I Am

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• I never thought I'd be a role model this early. It caught me off-guard, but it says a lot about how I was brought up, what my values have been, and how my parents raised me. It's very flattering that being myself is enough to be a role model.

  Danica Patrick

  Role Models, Parent, Roles

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• My main focus off the court is to be humble. My mom always told me to be a presentable young man. I'm not going to pretend to be something that I'm not and act a certain way for people. I plan on being myself. I like having a good time, but I still carry myself in an orderly fashion.

  Eli Manning

  Mom, Fashion, Humble

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• I'm glad things are getting better, but I'm going to push and be pissed off until they're perfect. That will probably never happen, but I feel some weird duty nonetheless. Even though I can get married in Seattle, I could go to another country and get the death penalty just for being myself-I'm not making music just for fiancés in Seattle.

  Perfume Genius

  Country, Perfect, Get Better

  "Perfume Genius" by Larry Fitzmaurice, pitchfork.com. August 1, 2014.

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• When I perform, I'm just very much just being myself.

  India.Arie

  Just Being

  Source: www.tv.com

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• When you are a marginalized person or a woman of color and/or someone who's a part of the LGBTQ community, your acts become politicized, just by being yourself. Because we're not completely accepting of all different kinds of human beings. By being myself, I'm doing something political.

  Amandla Stenberg

  Being Yourself, Color, Community

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The more conscious of God's presence the more I feel like being myself, the less conscious of His presence, the more I feel I need to prove myself.

  R. T. Kendall

  God, Being Yourself, Religious

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• If I'm with a man, is that going to prevent me from achieving my goal? What sacrifices will I have to make in terms of being myself, if I'm with a man? Something that young women find out really quickly is that when you start dating, all of a sudden you're supposed to have a role. You're not allowed to just be yourself.

  Candace Bushnell

  Being Yourself, Sacrifice, Men

  "Q&A with The Carrie Diaries author Candace Bushnell". Teen Vouge Interview, www.teenvogue.com. February 7, 2010.

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• I’m just being myself. There is not an ounce of me that believes any of that crap that they say. We can’t be feminine and be feminists and be successful? I want to be a f-king feminist and wear a f-king Peter Pan collar. So f-king what?

  Zooey Deschanel

  Kings, Believe, Successful

  "5 of Our Favorite Things Zooey Deschanel (Glamour's February Cover Star!) Shared With Us". www.glamour.com. January 2, 2013.

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• In an age where there is much talk about "being yourself," I reserve to myself the right to forget about being myself, since in any case there is very little chance of my being anybody else.

  Thomas Merton

  Being Yourself, Age, Littles

  Thomas Merton (1974). “A Thomas Merton Reader”, Image

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• I like being myself. Myself and nasty.

  Aldous Huxley

  Nasty, Brave New World Happiness

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• I don't have to be anything at all. I don't even have to be myself, because there is no such thing as not being myself. I am inescapably myself.

  Mooji

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• I detach myself from preconceived outcomes and trust that all is well. Being myself allows the wholeness of my unique magnificience to draw me in those directions most beneficial to me and to all others. This is really the only thing I have to do. And within that framework, everything that is truly mine comes into my life effortlessly, in the most magical and unexpected ways imaginable, demonstrating every day the power and love of who I truly am.

  Anita Moorjani

  Unique, And Love, Outcomes

  FaceBook post by Anita Moorjani from Apr 24, 2014

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• I'm an optimist.
  I've always believed the future is going to be better than the past.
  And I also believe I have a role in that.
  The great thing about human beings, myself in particular, is that I can change.
  I can do better.
  If you can get up every day, stay optimistic, and believe the future is better than the past, those few things get you through a lot of tough times.

  Jeffrey R. Immelt

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  "The Fast Company Interview: Jeff Immelt". Interview with John R. Byrne, www.fastcompany.com. July 1, 2005.

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• You think you're in a place where you're all 'I'm thrilled to be gay, I have no issues about being gay anymore, I don't feel shame about being gay,' but you actually do. You're just not fully aware of it. I think I still felt scared about people knowing. I felt awkward around gay people; I felt guilty for not being myself.

  Ellen Page

  Gay, Thinking, Knowing

  "Ellen Page Discusses Coming Out As Gay And That Homophobic Pastor’s Note" by Cavan Sieczkowski, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 30, 2014.

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