Josie Maran Quotes

Don't hate me because I'm beautiful.

My looks were good enough for what I needed in every possible way but not so much to be a burden.

I was never an ambitious girl, or even a self-confident one. I never went in for beauty pageants or wore a stitch of make-up until I went to Los Angeles.

I'm no pin-up.

Why in the world would anyone want to photograph an old woman like me?

In real life, I'm gorgeous, beautiful.

I don't think I was ravishing, but I think I was pretty.

Well, I'm clearly not ugly.

I'm not bothered by my appearance.

I have a friend who, if she has a bad hair day, it affects her whole mood because it is part of her sexuality, her confidence. I don't have that problem any more.

What bothers you isn't so much whether you're beautiful or not. What bothers you is the way that people stare.

I really do believe that my style is informed by the fact that I had such issues with my appearance at various times of my life.

If people think I look good, it's the make-up.

I'm not out here to win a beauty contest.

I have no fear of being less beautiful, I've always been afraid of not being beautiful.

I'd like to grow up and be beautiful. I know it doesn't matter, but it doesn't hurt.

When a woman confuses what she is with what she wears, then something is wrong inside.

When I was 18, and my looks were what I was - and all that I was - it did feel very limiting.

The pressure to look good is intense. It is hard to be immune to that and the self-consciousness that comes with it.

I am not a beauty queen, and I was not the popular girl in high school.

Everybody knows that I'm not the most beautiful woman in the world.

I'm not image-obsessed.

There are many pretty people, and many are prettier than me.

Miss Trent regarded her thoughtfully. "Well, it's an odd circumstance, but I've frequently observed that whenever you boast of your beauty you seem to lose some of it. I expect it must be the change in your expression." Startled, Tiffany flew to gaze anxiously into the ornate looking-glass which hung above the fireplace. "Do I?" she asked naively. "Really do I, Ancilla?" "Yes, decidedly," replied Miss Trent, perjuring her soul without the least hesitation.

Whether at work, at home or in public, we have been trained to believe that who we are at the core of our being is often unacceptable. As a result, we work diligently to live up to - and sometimes down to - what others have made us out to be, whether or not it is an accurate reflection of who we are.