Who I Am quotes
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"Once I looked in the mirror and decided this is who I am, and I'm not scared of who I am, and I'm not scared that I can't be like you, and I'm good with just doing me, that's when I found myself, as a man."
"A lot of people, black, white, mexican, young or old, fat or skinny have a problem being true to they self. They have a problem looking in the mirror and looking directly into their own souls. Only reason I am who I am today is because I can look directly into my face and find my soul"
"Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself."
"One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don't invest any energy in them, because I know who I am."
"I know who I am. I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude."
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"I cannot change another person. I let others be who they are, and I simply love who I am."
"I'm not interested in trying to work on people's perceptions. I am who I am, and if you don't take the time to learn about that, then your perception is going to be your problem."
"If you love something - let. If it is yours - it will come back. I love you not because of who you are, but for who I am when I'm with you."
"I always want to stay focused on who I am, even as I'm discovering who I am."
"Do not ask who I am and do not ask me to remain the same."
"I am a collection of dismantled almosts."
"Do not ask who I am and do not ask me to remain the same. More than one person, doubtless like me, writes in order to have no face."
"When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself."
"I try never to compare myself to other people. I just think this is who I am. You are happier when you think that way."
"I'm secure in who I am. I don't need the validation of those that would say, you have to be a certain thing in order to be accepted. I'm comfortable going against the grain if I need to."
"I can't control what people think. They know who I am."
"It's amazing. I can do anything. And do it well. Any good thing, I can do it. That's why I am who I am, yes, because God loves me and I'm amazed at it. I'm grateful for it."
"One of the things that makes me who I am is the loyalty I have to people I hold close to my heart."
"I don't want other people to decide who I am. I want to decide that for myself."
"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."
"What the society thinks is of no interest to me. All that's important is how I see myself. I know who who I am. I know the value of my work."
"Nobody can teach me who I am."
"I love who I am, and I encourage other people to love and embrace who they are. But it definitely wasn't easy - it took me a while."
"But what matter whether I was born or not, have lived or not, am dead or merely dying. I shall go on doing as I have always done, not knowing what it is I do, nor who I am, nor where I am, nor if I am."
"Change is not always a good thing. What I need is not change from one thing to another but transformation from who I am into who I was meant to become. Only when God's transforming power touches me can I begin to live the simpler, freer, fresher, more creative, more patient, more passionate, more sacrificial, riskier, rawer, more real, more love-driven life God intended for me all along. That transformation is what awaits all who dare to enter the story of God. As Paul wrote, 'Let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think' (Romans 12:2)"
