Who Quotations | Page 4

You have to be proud of who you are.

Oh, honey, I'm from Oklahoma! This is who I am - middle-class all the way!

I feel like when people judge me they're not judging me, because they don't know who I am.

You can take care of yourself, and God helps those who help themselves.

Pretty much everywhere I go, I'm pretty much thinking I'm going to be bounced. I am still the outsider who snuck into the party. I identify with the regular person, because that is who I am.

I just feel as though it's become a situation where people have manifested this caricature of who I am, and they act as if there's no real person inside of it.

I think people have a misconception of me, period. My life has been a whirlwind sometimes, but it's different to what people think. I definitely feel like there's a misconception about me and who I am.

I am a historian. With the exception of being a wife and mother, it is who I am. And there is nothing I take more seriously.

I know who I am by now. And I am my own brand.

No matter who you are, no matter what you're going through, God knows it. He is with you. He is going to pull you through.

Even in my really bad, drugged-out days, I didn't go away. I still toured, still did interviews. I never gave up the fight. That's why I'm who I am today, because I didn't leave. And I think I made the right choice.

I like going to France, because no one knows who I am.

Who cares if somebody dances better? Doing my very best is rewarding internally.

People could see in me who I am now, an Olympic champ, the best in the world.

I am proud of who I am, and nobody's going to steal that.

I think I am at my best when my hair is short. It's easier to take care of and more of who I am. Women are conditioned to think we need long hair.

I am a Christian and I don't want there to be any confusion about what I believe or who I am.

I want to struggle and make films. It's not a financial thing, it's more of a who-I-am thing.

I've chosen to stay in a jolly place for most of my life, and that is a lot of who I am.

I care what people think, but that doesn't change what I say. I am who I am.

It's not who I am underneath but what I do that defines me.

I want to show America who I am and inspire young kids.

My only hope to receive love is to let you see who I am, then I may believe you.

Be who you are and be that well.

I find that communication as an actor and person is an important part of who I am. And I'm really drawn into the psychology of those dynamics.

I think my capacity to change has given me tremendous happiness, because who I am today I am completely content to be.

Smartphones. Who cares? Smartphones. I only have dummy phones.

I love who I am and I love my life, but if I could be someone else, I'd be Beyonce in two seconds.

Being with my family is very important to me, and touring is very important to me, too, because it's who I am. It's what I do.

I am who I am today because of my mother.

Everywhere I go, people know who I am.

I guess because people are more aware of who I am, they're going to wonder about my personal life.

My kids inspire me to be the person I am today - without them I wouldn't be who I am today.

Our democracy is the centerpiece of who we are as a nation. And it is the fondest hope of all Americans that we can help bring democracy to every corner of the world.

When you have a tough loss, go through it and agonize. I had one loss that I still want to change, but at the same time I realize it is an important part of who I am.

I'm okay if people don't know who I am, but if you remember my character that would be great.

I speak my mind. If it offends some people, well, there's not much I can do about that. But I'm going to be honest. I'm going to continue to speak my mind, and that's who I am.

I am very conscious of who I am as an artist and as an inspirational person.

I'm not afraid to say I'm very comfortable with who I am and I love who I love.

I've been through so much of my own self-search that I'm not as consumed with who I am as I used to be.

As a person, I was born to give out my opinions. By giving out my opinions, I realize who I am. As long as I can communicate, I'm not so lonely. If I cannot travel, or do art, or have company, if they take away all my belongings, it doesn't matter at all.

There's an idea about who I am that's eternally projected onto me, and then I almost feel like I have to fulfill that role. Even when things come out of my mouth, I want to be sure I'm saying exactly what I mean.

Believe me, I love commerce as much as the rest of the readers of 'Businessweek.' But in art, you have to be true to yourself and your musical vision. People have known me well for a long time, so if I was chasing a trend and doing something that wasn't authentic to who I am, they would know it in just a few seconds.

I'm neither embarrassed of who I am, where I come from, what I've experienced, I'm not ashamed of it.

You know, after all these years, it's just like we are who we are and it's a struggle for me and sometimes I'm heavier and sometimes I'm thinner.

I wouldn't be who I am without my husband, who handled the business end of Donna Karan so I could be creative.

Reality does get a bad rap. But I'm not concerned about it 'cause I know who I am. They can edit it, but you are in charge of what you do.

I could do nice, but it's just not as much fun. Being nice isn't my biggest goal in life. I'm trying to be honest about who I am, and that's not always nice. I'm not always the world's cheerleader.

We all bullet point our triumphs, but I am who I am because of everything you don't see on my CV. The stuff that doesn't work out teaches you how to trust your instincts and adapt.

I definitely have come out of my shell a lot more. When you question who you are, you can't be proud of who you are. Now that I'm trying to peel off those layers and really understand who I am, I don't have anything to be shy about.

I am a fortunate homosexual man. I am very blessed to be who I am.

I've done a lot of things and I've been a lot of people, but now I've come to realize who I am

What you see is what you get. What you hear is who I am.

So much of my sense of who I am is tied to mothering. When they left home, I fell into a huge, empty, black hole. Your children are grown and your career has slowed down - all the stuff that took up so much attention is gone, and you're left with expansive time and space.

If you lose who you are, what do you have?

Apart from the fact that I've got a strange job, I do lead a fairly normal life. I do my own shopping. I don't feel constrained by who I am because of what I do; I often feel disappointed by my lack of ability. I get frustrated at myself, but I think everyone does.

I'm a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity.

I don't want to be a passenger in my own life.

Because for whatever reason, even though I want to stay home all the time and be left alone, I want to tell the world who I am now.

OK, I've had a life of sort of success, some people know who I am but a lot of people don't. I feel the need to change that still.

Faith is important to me. It's important to millions of Australians. It helps to shape who I am. It helps to shape my values. But it must never, never dictate my politics

Luckily, I don't have to be anybody but Yolanda, because people don't expect me to be anything other than who I am. For an artist, it's a great place to be.

We all perform our lives in a way. And the actor is a perfect metaphor to get at that theme of 'how do we find our authentic selves?' And that we all - whether we're actors or not - perform ourselves. As a way of searching. As a way of fumbling around and trying to say, is this my voice? Is this who I am?

I'm not the same person I was. I used to act dumb. It was an act. I am 26 years old, and that act is no longer cute. It is not who I am, nor do I want to be that person for the young girls who looked up to me. I know now that I can make a difference, that I have the power to do that.

I'm from Minnesota. I'm optimistic. I mean, that's just who I am.

Jazz comes from our way of life, and because it's our national art form, it helps us to understand who we are.

I'm never pleased with anything, I'm a perfectionist, it's part of who I am.

I've been around long enough for people to know who I am and what my contributions are. They know me as more than just an artist. I think they know me as a woman as well.

It's funny because being comedic and happy and lighthearted is who I am as a person, so they're easier emotions for me to connect with.

Truthfully, without over-egging it, as I often do, the library and journalism, those things made me who I am.

This liberal progressive agenda... is the antithesis of who we are as a constitutional republic.

I still get awful depression. It's who I am.

I've always been into working out and eating healthy. That's just who I am.

Why do people want to know exactly who I am? Am I a poet? Am I this or that? I've always made people wary. First they called me a rock poet. Then I was a poet that dabbled in rock. Then I was a rock person who dabbled in art.

Probably the label 'Jesus freak' is fine with me. Because I know who I am.

I am a compassionate human being. I am who I am.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

At the typewriter you find out who you are.

Who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play.

I'm finally just relaxed and comfortable with who I am.

I've realized that Evanescence is who I am.

You know, my family and friends have never been yes-men: 'Yes, you're doing the right thing, you're always right.' No, they tell me when I'm wrong, and that's why I've been able to stay who I am and stay humble.

I thought, I need to be more cautious about my choices - it reflects on who I am.

It's my job, it's what I do, it's what I'm on earth to do and it's who I am.

I have done some tacky films, but then they were all my decisions, and I'm happy to have made those because they have made me who I am.

There's a certain consistency to who I am and what I do, and I think people have finally said, 'Well, you know, I kinda get her now.' I've actually had people say that to me.

Every time the government grows we lose more of who we are.

Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.

I've never lost perspective on who I am. Well, maybe briefly, but generally I'm pretty balanced.

I'm getting my respect as a video director. The fashion industry respects me and knows who I am.

It's become another dimension to who I am. I don't think Sports Illustrated is going to be wanting me. But who cares? I'm at a different place in my life.

I had to learn how to trust my gut. Trust what I know to be right... not right, but not waver on who I am. Know who I am, know what I want, and know it. Not waver on it and be secure in that. And I still struggle with it. But I really... I can't be moved. You can't move me, and that all comes with loving myself, and I'm like my best buddy.

So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was.

When it comes down to it, it's about who you know, and who's a fan. It's about whether you're the right age, whether you're hot or not, whether the studio is into you or not.

Our influences are who we are. It's rare that anything is an absolutely pure vision; even Daniel Johnston sounds like the Beatles. And that's the problem with the bands I'm always asked about, the ones derivative of the early Seattle sound. They don't dilute their influences enough.

Being outspoken about my faith isn't just something that I do; it's who I am because my faith isn't just a little piece of my life. It is my life. It's not a question of whether I'm outspoken about it or not. I'm definitely not ashamed of it.

No one really knows who I am or where I came from in America, and there's something quite nice about that.

When I'm acting, I'm in a different place, singing is the last thing on my mind, and when I'm on stage, there's no acting at all involved, not even presentation, it's just who I am.

I'm a child of God. God is my mommy, my daddy. That's the only thing that'll keep my head up. If I don't remember who I am in him, I'm done.

I heard that I have three ribs, that I have more surgeries than Cher - whatever they say, they say; I know who I am.