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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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"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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"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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"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 cannot aspire for greatness and fit in at the same time."
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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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"Any ballplayer that don't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American. He's a communist."
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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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"You know your problem, Quentin? You keep expecting people not to be themselves."
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"Just being yourself is the easiest thing you can do. It doesn't take much effort."
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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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"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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"Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about."
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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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"When I write something, every word of it is meant. I can't say it enough."
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"We have compromised the integrity of the church if we only emphasise on miracles."
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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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"You were born to be real, not to be perfect."
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"Be yourself because an original is always worth more than a copy."
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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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"Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others."
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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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"People should see genuine, authentic love in the church."
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"Better to be a diamond in the rough, than a polished fake in denial."
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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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"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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"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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"Lips may lie, but the heart always tells the truth."
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"But above all, in order to be, never try to seem."
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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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"The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity."
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"Miracle centered gospel has reduced Christian significance and essence."
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"Inner beauty magnifies outer beauty."
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"Drop all masks, and you will find your true face."
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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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"You don't need to be perfect, just be yourself."
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"Be loved for who you are, for everything that constitutes you. Be loved for your core beliefs, your strengths and weaknesses, your admirable traits and troublesome baggage. Be loved for you, because anything less is not love at all."
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"A human should realize himself and be responsible for himself if he wants to become the true person he is to be."
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"Don't be consistent but be simply true."
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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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"And I can't think of a reason I'd ever use a pseudonym, as I wouldn't want to publish something that I didn't like enough to put my name on it."
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