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Authenticity Quotes
"True beauty isn't what you put on your face, it's what you put in people's hearts."
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"Those who do not attempt to appear more than they are but are simply themselves, stand out as remarkable and are the only ones who truly make a difference in this world."
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"Just being yourself is the easiest thing you can do. It doesn't take much effort."
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"Romance isn't measured by how viral your proposal goes. The Internet age may try to sell you something different, but don't ever forget that viral is closely associated with sickness - so don't ever make being viral your goal."
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"You know your problem, Quentin? You keep expecting people not to be themselves."
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"Don't pretend to be what you're not, instead, pretend to what you want to be, it is not pretence, it is a journey to self realization."
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"She also liked to remember that there could be no such thing as an intentional imperfection. People are always mistaking something that looks good for something that feels good."
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"How can one person be more real than any other? Well, some people do hide and others seek. Maybe those who are in hiding ... are simply inauthentic... But there are folks who know and aren't afraid to look and won't turn tail should they find it--and if they never do, they'll have a good time anyway because nothing, neither the terrible truth or the absence of it, is going to cheat them out of one honest breath of earth's sweet gas."
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"The crucial point in life is: are we living our 'own' life or simply a life for 'other' people. Are we not playing a role on behalf of some social groups and masquerading for fear of being excluded? ['Quest for the real moment']"
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"By authentically sharing when things aren't right you allow the people you care about to offer the support you may need."
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"Leave your hair natural. Let your beard grow out. Leave the makeup in the bag. Wear comfortable clothes. Stop worrying so much about your looks and start looking around you. You have missed so much beauty trying to become beautiful. You have missed your own worth trying to become worthy. Let the mask break open. Let it lie on the floor. Let yourself be seen. Let yourself see."
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"If you can't be who you really are then what is life but an unbearable lie?"
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"Just resolve to shine, constantly and steadily, like a warm lamp in the corner, and people will want to move towards you in order to feel happy, and to read things more clearly. You will be bright and constant in a world of dark and flux, and this will save you the anxiety of other, ultimately less satisfying things like 'being cool', 'being more successful than everyone else' and 'being very thin'."
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"We throw away real people searching for the "perfect" person the same way that we throw ourselves away searching for our "perfect" self."
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"Whether you try too hard to fit in or you try too hard to stand out, it is of equal consequence: you exhaust your significance."
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"Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about."
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"Inner beauty magnifies outer beauty."
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"Any ballplayer that don't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American. He's a communist."
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"I think people get lost in becoming someone other then themselves when they spend too much time in the presence of those who don't bring out the best in them."
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"If I pick up a book with spaceships on the cover, I want spaceships. If I see one with dragons, I want there to be dragons inside the book. Proper labeling. Ethical labeling. I don't want to open up my cornflakes and find that they're full of pebbles... You need to respect the reader enough not to call it something it isn't."
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"If you don't know who you are, you will be someone else."
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"You cannot aspire for greatness and fit in at the same time."
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"Pretending I'm all grown-up seems like too much work. I'd rather just be me, it's effortless and much more fun."
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"It wasn't a good fake smile. You could always tell when she was faking, because she didn't look friendly; she looked like she was going to throw up."
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"Camouflage is a game we all like to play, but our secrets are as surely revealed by what we want to seem to be as by what we want to conceal."
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"When I write something, every word of it is meant. I can't say it enough."
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"Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others."
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"Drop all masks, and you will find your true face."
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"Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice."
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"There is only one true thing: instantly paint what you see. When you've got it, you've got it. When you haven't, you begin again. All the rest is humbug."
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"Be what you are. Do what you love. Speak what you feel. Don't hide your humanity. Celebrate it. Embrace it.That is how you change the world."
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"Miracle centered gospel has reduced Christian significance and essence."
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"In a crowd do not lose your individuality, and in your individuality do not lose the crowd."
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"A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket."
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"Be yourself because an original is always worth more than a copy."
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"We have compromised the integrity of the church if we only emphasise on miracles."
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"People should see genuine, authentic love in the church."
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"It is good to act as if. It is even better to grow to the point where it is no longer an act."
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"Finally, I am coming to the conclusion that my highest ambition is to be what I already am."
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"It's only his outside, a man can be honest in any sort of skin."
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"Lips may lie, but the heart always tells the truth."
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"Trying to keep up appearances is a signal of decay on the inside. Beware shallow living-in yourself and in others. It is only in the depths that life can thrive."
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"Like the unfolding of a rose, allow your authentic self to grow, bloom and emerge.... shine in your radiance and In JOY all that you ARE... send your love out to all you touch... like a delicate perfume in the breeze..."
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"You were born to be real, not to be perfect."
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"Create a life that feels good on the inside, not just one that looks good on the outside."
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"If there's something I'm not good at, it's usually because I just organically despise it. I can't help that. I'm fabulous at too many other things to waste my time faking it."
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