Rita Mae Brown Quotes

Some people like you, some people don't. In the end you just have to be yourself.

Why should Bollywood accept me? I should accept Bollywood. I don't care if Bollywood has accepted me. I don't seek acceptance. I don't need to live up to anybody's expectations.

I've learnt that you are who you are, and in the end, if you don't believe it, then no one will.

I wish they would only take me as I am.

It's the love you have for yourself that's most important.

Why should I care what other people think of me? I am who I am. And who I wanna be.

If I can't be me and be accepted and loved for that, then what's the point?

When I see that my geek may have contained some of the best parts of me, when I love and appreciate him, I set my children free to see themselves as lovable however they are.

I can be me, and people seem quite happy with that.

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

I'm sure I was a great disappointment to many women because I wasn't Errol Flynn. But I'm me. I think that's got some merit.

I'd say for those people who don't feel like they fit in, I'd want them to ask themselves why they want to, who they are trying to please, and whether or not those people are worth it. You know what they say: 'If they don't want you, then they don't deserve to have you.'

My mama told me in college, 'I love you, and you're God's child, but natural beauty will only take you so far.'

It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but we do know it is our sacred duty.

I've had some people tell me they're glad I'm a normal girl. Of course I'm a normal girl!

But I also enjoy life... the more scrutiny I am under, the more confident I become. I am who I am. I can't do anything about it, and I love who I am.

You know, I think I'm a stronger person for realizing that you can't make everybody love you.

You have to be proud of who you are.

I'm not sorry for who I am.

My friends and the people who are close to me know what I am. And that is enough.

As long as I'm always myself, my looks don't matter.

Everyone should feel comfortable in their own skin. Whether there are social standards set in place that act against that, it doesn't matter because the people that love you for who you are are going to love you always, and you should love yourself always.

You don't have to you change yourself for somebody else to like you.

Never be ashamed of who you are, your story, or how you react to situations. Don't ever be ashamed of how you communicate with people. Don't ever be ashamed of the person you are. Be you.

When someone tells me that I'm not real, I say to them, 'Well, what about me isn't real?' I have not changed my figure. This is who I am.