Be Your Own Person Quotes

• Be your own person because no one can take that away from you.

  Austin Carlile

  Away From You, Persons

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• Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Witty, Being Yourself

  Intentions "The Critic as Artist" pt. 2 (1891)

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• The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.

  Albert Ellis

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

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  Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Happiness, Graduation

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• The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own.

  Albert Ellis

  Happiness, Responsibility, Destiny

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• You have to be your own person. You can't let people's opinions determine how you think about yourself. There's a difference between identity and self-identity.

  Amy Tan

  Thinking, Self, Differences

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Have the confidence to be your own person.

  Olivia Hussey

  Persons

  "Olivia Hussey—Romeo and Juliet". GrouchoReviews interview, grouchoreviews.com. January 10, 2008.

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• In this world, one thing you should definitely strive for is originality. Just be who you are, and be your own person. That's what will make you stand out.

  Nolan Gould

  Be Who You Are, World, Originality

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• Don't be what you're told to be. Follow your own path. Be your own person. Don't get held down by everyone else.

  Danny Worsnop

  Path, Persons

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• People are always going to identify with what it's like living in society and have people judge you in certain ways, and how you can be strong enough to be your own person and all those good things.

  Alessandro Nivola

  Strong, People, Judging

  "Alessandro Nivola graduates to 'Mansfield Park' and beyond" by Jamie Allen, www.cnn.com. November 30, 1999.

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• Be your own leader, be your own self, step out of my shadows and be your own person.

  Snoop Dogg

  Self, Leader, Shadow

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• If just one person, one child who is made to feel isolated, looks at me and sees that it is okay to be your own person and walk down your own path, then everything I have ever gone through will be worth it.

  Johnny Weir

  Children, Path, Looks

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• Take pride in yourself. Be your own person.

  Jack Lambert

  Pride, Pride In Yourself, Persons

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  My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.

  Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  Mother, Women, Independent

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• You've got to figure out what works best for you. That's the hard part. I know I can't play as stoic as Hogan, and I can't talk as much as Trevino. You have to be your own person.

  Tiger Woods

  Golf, Play, Stoic

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• Don't try to imitate other coaches. Be your own person with your own style and do your own thing.

  Hubie Brown

  Basketball, Coaching, Style

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• The thing that most distresses me is whenever I see things over sexualized, I worry about young girls. Some of the fall out of the feminist movement is that it made younger and younger girls more sexually available. It's part of the philosophy, be your own person and be free. But, girls are so over sexualized in this culture.

  Lily Tomlin

  Girl, Philosophy, Fall

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• My three keys to success: One, work hard. Two, be your own person. And three, have a passion for what you're doing.

  Juli Inkster

  Athlete, Hard Work, Passion

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• The Olympics are kind of weird. You have to be on a team. That's cool if you're a skier. But in snowboarding, you just want to be your own person.

  Shaun White

  Team, Snowboarding, Want

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• It's important for me to be free and know I'm acting for myself. I do things because I want to, and that's important. You want to be your own person.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Important, Acting, Want

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