Be You Quotes - Page 18

• Don't front, don't put something out there that you feel isn't realistic and doesn't portray who you are. Just be yourself, be you, and don't be afraid to speak your mind.

  Chloe Grace Moretz

  Being Yourself, Speak Your Mind, Just Be Yourself

  "Chloë Grace Moretz Defends Her Now-Infamous Reaction to That Kim K. Selfie". Interview with Kristina Rodulfo, www.elle.com. March 15, 2016.

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• Only you can be you. God designed each of us so there would be no duplication in the world. No one has the exact same mix of factors that make you unique. That means no one else on earth will ever be able to play the role God planned for you. If you don’t make your unique contribution to the Body of Christ, it won’t be made.

  Rick Warren

  Mean, Unique, Play

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• Ever try to hold a butterfly? It can't be done. You damage them," he said. 'As gentle as you try to be, you take the powder from their wings and they won't ever fly the same. It's kinder to let them go.

  Susanna Kearsley

  Relationship, Break Up, Letting Go

  Susanna Kearsley (2011). “The Rose Garden”, p.34, Allison & Busby

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• I am not jealous of what came before me. Come with a man on your shoulders, come with a hundred men in your hair, come with a thousand men between your breasts and your feet, come like a river full of drowned men which flows down to the wild sea, to the eternal surf, to Time! Bring them all to where I am waiting for you; we shall always be alone, we shall always be you and I alone on earth, to start our life!

  Pablo Neruda

  Jealous, Men, Hair

  Pablo Neruda (1994). “The captain's verses”

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• When you first take someone’s life, two people die. The person you just killed and the human being you used to be. You’re never the same after that—it changes you forever and not in a good way —and no matter how hard you try, you can’t go back to the innocence you had. Ever.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Two, People, Forever

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• Charley talking to Cookie ‘'You know those women in nursing homes that have to be restrained around the clock because they mix up everyones medication and steal all the bedpans?'' ‘’Yes'' I said wondering what I was walking into ''That’s going to be you!'' She was probably right, if I live that long

  Darynda Jones

  Home, Nursing, Talking

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• If you are to be, you must begin by assuming responsibility. You alone are responsible for every moment of your life, for every one of your acts.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Success, Responsibility, Assuming

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• In 1995 I had $7 bucks in my pocket and knew two things: I'm broke as hell and one day I won't be. You Can Achieve Anything!

  Dwayne Johnson

  Motivational, Success, Winning

  FaceBook post by Dwayne The Rock Johnson from Dec 15, 2011

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• One possible sign of low self-esteem is suppressing parts of yourself so you can fill someone else's expectations of what you should be. You try to fill someone else's (or your own) prescription of perfection, instead of being yourself and embracing your originality.

  Robin Meade

  Being Yourself, Self Esteem, Expectations

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• I mean, at the end of the day, what the hell does it matter who I end up with if it can't be you?

  Tabitha Suzuma

  Heartbroken, Hope, Mean

  Tabitha Suzuma (2012). “Forbidden”, p.207, Simon and Schuster

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• Children must have at least one person who believes in them. It could be a counselor, a teacher, a preacher, a friend. It could be you. You never know when a little love, a little support will plant a small seed of hope.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Teacher, Children, Believe

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• When I pictured heroin, I pictured some crazy crackhead with no shoes under a bridge. You never think that is going to be you. And it never was me. I was never under a bridge, and I always had shoes.

  Nicole Richie

  Funny, Crazy, Thinking

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• Are you tired? You should be! You've been running through my mind all day.

  Gary Barlow

  Running, Thinking Of You, Flirty

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• Though you feel you're not where you're suppose to be, you shouldn't worry because that next turn that you take, it will lead you to where you wanna go.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Worry, Next, Turns

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• ‎"Matter flows from place to place, and momentarily comes together to be you. Some people find that thought disturbing; I find the reality thrilling.

  Richard Dawkins

  Reality, People, Religion

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• With the supplies gathered, he went over to the stainless-steel sink and pressed the foot pedal to get the water running. While he washed his hands, he said quietly, "If I could, I would." "Excuse me?" Qhuinn pumped some suds into his palms and scrubbed all the way up his forearms. Which was overkill, but if Blay wanted him superclean, then that was what he was going to be. "If I could love a guy like that, it would be you.

  J.R. Ward

  Running, Hands, Feet

  J.R. Ward (2011). “J.R. Ward The Black Dagger Brotherhood Novels 5-8”, p.1277, Penguin

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• There is no true life. Your true life is the one you end up with, whatever it may be. You just do the best you can with what you've got.

  Anne Tyler

  True Life, May, Life Is

  Anne Tyler (2001). “Back when We Were Grownups: A Novel”, Knopf

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• I can't be you. You can't be me. You can imagine another well—but never quite perfectly, you know?

  John Green

  Imagine, Wells, Knows

  John Green (2013). “Paper Towns”, p.302, A&C Black

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• So let me see if I got everything straight … This … means that we are somehow meant to be husband and wife. But if I refuse you, you spend the rest of your life impotent and alone? But I, on the other hand, am free to live my life however I see fit?” He nodded. “It really sucks to be you, doesn’t it?

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Husband, Mean, Hands

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2010). “Night Play”, p.252, St. Martin's Paperbacks

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• I should have known that if any girl was going to disobey an order, it would be you.

  Kiera Cass

  Girl, Order, Should Have

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• Either you will be you or you will not be at all.

  Dejan Stojanovic

  "The Sun Watches the Sun". Book by Dejan Stojanovic, "The Knight" (p. 81), 1999.

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• We hear a lot about identity theft when someone takes your wallet and pretends to be you and uses your credit cards. But the more serious identity theft is to get swallowed up in other people's definition of you.

  Stephen Covey

  People, Identity, Cards

  Stephen R. Covey (2012). “The 3rd Alternative: Solving Life's Most Difficult Problems”, p.27, Simon and Schuster

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• You switched the days," I said, dismayed. "You blew the tire. You..." I trailed off, probably because the next words out of my mouth were either going to be "You are enough to do this?" or "You're destined for a life of crime." It was a toss-up either way.

  Ally Carter

  Mouths, Way, Toss

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• Easy, Marks,' he whispered. 'One of us has to have some self-control, and it really should be you.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Self, Easy, Should

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• I went into the desert to forget about you. But the sand was the color of your hair. The desert sku was the color of your eyes. There was nowhere I could go that wouldn't be you.

  Jeffrey Eugenides

  Eye, Hair, Color

  Jeffrey Eugenides (2003). “Middlesex”, p.189, A&C Black

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