Persona Quotes

• One could say, with a little exaggeration, that the persona is that which in reality one is not, but which oneself as well as others think one is.

  Carl Jung

  Reality, Thinking, Littles

  Carl Gustav Jung (1981). “The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious”, p.123, Princeton University Press

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• I've been working as an actress since I was very young, and I know a lot of people who are actors who don't have to deal with having a persona... You know, if you look up the word persona, it isn't even real. The whole meaning of the word is that it's made up, and it's like I didn't even get to make up my own. It can be annoying.

  Kristen Stewart

  Real, People, Looks

  Interview with Dennis Hopper, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 27, 2009.

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• Be as you wish to seem.

  Socrates

  Inspirational, Integrity, Hypocrisy

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• I think we all have a lot of different personas inside of ourselves. What happens in life is that most people get caught up in presenting one persona that they feel safest in.

  Vince Vaughn

  Thinking, People, Different

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• To be irreplaceable, you have to be different.

  Coco Chanel

  Different, Irreplaceable

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• Our persona was not created by accident; it was created in order to camouflage the parts of ourselves we deemed the most undesirable and to overcompensate for what we believe to be our deepest flaws. What persona are you hiding behind?

  Debbie Ford

  Believe, Order, Camouflage

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• I think we all carry within us different versions of ourselves. Our true, greatest, most honest versions of ourselves can either be developed and nourished, or it can remain dead from neglect. Most people opt for the easiest version rather than the best.
  But in the end which version lives, which version thrives and which version dies, depends on the choices we make and the people in our lives.

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Thinking, People, Choices

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• I am a collection of dismantled almosts.

  Anne Sexton

  Who I Am, Personality, Imperfection

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• I have prayed for years for one good humiliation a day, and then, I must watch my reaction to it. I have no other way of spotting both my denied shadow self and my idealized persona.

  Richard Rohr

  Self, Years, Shadow

  Richard Rohr (2011). “Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life”, p.128, John Wiley & Sons

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• Having an avatar doesn't give you an identity, and having a persona online doesn't make you a personality either.

  Marilyn Manson

  Giving, Personality, Identity

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• Most people, I believe, when they're asked profound questions about their own persona are not really able to enunciate it, because it's a combination of so many things.

  Haskell Wexler

  Believe, People, Profound

  Source: www.progressive.org

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• If you change a woman's look, you change her persona.

  Alber Elbaz

  Looks, Ifs

  "Land of dreams". Interview with Hadley Freeman, www.theguardian.com. October 2, 2004.

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• My persona has always been what a man was never supposed to be. Outrageous, gregarious, crazy, silly, funny.

  Richard Simmons

  Crazy, Silly, Men

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• It is time for us to take off our masks, to step out from behind our personas - whatever they might be: educators, activists, biologists, geologists, writers, farmers, ranchers, and bureaucrats - and admit we are lovers, engaged in an erotics of place. Loving the land. Honoring its mysteries. Acknowledging, embracing the spirit of place - there is nothing more legitimate and there is nothing more true. That is why we are here. That is why we do what we do. There is nothing intellectual about it. We love the land. It is a primal affair.

  Terry Tempest Williams

  Land, Intellectual, Farmers And Ranchers

  Terry Tempest Williams (2015). “An Unspoken Hunger”, p.77, Vintage

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• What you see is what you get. My God, I don't have the time nor the energy to live up to some persona.

  Marc Anthony

  Energy

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's not until you develop your own voice, your own persona onstage that you become your own comic, who you really are.

  Wanda Sykes

  Voice, Comic

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• It is so important that you don't get distracted by what you are not. You need to start confessing your persona and living in it, and don't be bewildered by your circumstances. Just stay on course with what God is promising you.

  Graham Cooke

  Important, Needs, Circumstances

  FaceBook post by Graham Cooke from Jun 10, 2013

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• In a late-night monologue, it's not just about being funny; you have to come off as knowledgeable. You have to cultivate a persona of trust and intelligence and likeability.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Night, Knowledgeable, Late

  "Anthony Jeselnik on roasting, ripping off Jack Handey, and giving the devil his own TV show". Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. March 12, 2013.

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• There's the private persona and the public persona and the two shall never meet

  Liev Schreiber

  Two

  Interview with Spence D., www.ign.com. May 30, 2002.

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• Abandoning who people think you are and becoming who you really are is a simple concept, but sometimes it is very hard to do. It isn't easy to give up others' ideas of who you are. Yet the key to success is to discover your uniqueness and to exploit it. Your authentic persona, either personal or corporate, is the key to your prosperity.

  Larry Winget

  Giving Up, Simple, Thinking

  Larry Winget (2006). “It's Called Work for a Reason!: Your Success Is Your Own Damn Fault”, p.108, Penguin

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• Major theme of the book ["Hotels of North America"], from my point of view: what is persona, what is self, in the digital sphere, and/or what is the effect of it on self in a prolonged interaction.

  Rick Moody

  Book, Self, Views

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I've always thought I had pretty good instincts for people. There is a short list of people I've worked with over my career with whom I've not been able to distinguish easily between the public persona and the real private person.

  Randall Robinson

  Real, Careers, People

  Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. September 26, 2005.

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• Don't try to be somebody you're not because it doesn't work. If you try to be this perfect person or perfect persona of what you think that somebody should be when they're involved in public office, it's just not going to work. Just be yourself, stay true to your core values, and really just stay abreast of the issues.

  Ben Quayle

  Being Yourself, Thinking, Issues

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• When your persona begins to take over your music and becomes more important, you enter a dangerous place. Once you have people around you who don't question you, you're in a dangerous place.

  Elton John

  People, Important, Dangerous

  "Elton John Thinks Miley Cyrus Is Like A Candle In The Wind". www.huffingtonpost.com. September 16, 2013.

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• If you're the greatest, it's okay to say you're the greatest. My suggestion to everybody is to be their own greatest fan. Weaker personas and personalities define that as egotistical or arrogant, but what it means is their self-esteem isn't that strong.

  Gene Simmons

  Strong, Self Esteem, Mean

  Interview with Kate Fillion, www.macleans.ca. October 14, 2009.

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