Not Pretty Enough Quotes

• After all those years as a woman hearing 'not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not this enough, not that enough,' almost overnight I woke up one morning and thought, 'I'm enough.'

  Anna Quindlen

  Morning, Women, Smart

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• I am so secure in who I am. I really am! And I'm not conceited. I just think, 'Wow, okay, that's the life you want to live.' It wasn't about who he chose. I mean, I had moments, 'Am I not sexy enough? Am I not pretty enough? Am I not smart enough?' But in so many of those questions, I immediately stopped and said, 'No, don't start doing that.' Because you can get stuck in that cycle and you can carry on to other things.

  Eva Longoria

  Sexy, Smart, Mean

  "Eva Longoria Divorce: Star Opens Up About Split From Tony Parker", www.huffingtonpost.com. May 11, 2012.

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• I wish I looked more like my mother, but I think I look like my father. I wish I had one of those naturally beautiful faces. Or a more quirky face. I'm right down the middle: not interesting enough, not pretty enough.

  Chloe Sevigny

  Beautiful, Mother, Father

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  A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Funny, Strength

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• Chris Brown beat you because you're not pretty enough.

  Amanda Bynes

  Enough, Beats, Brown

  "Amanda Bynes goes after Rihanna, tweets ‘Chris Brown beat you because you’re not pretty enough’" by David K. Li, nypost.com. May 26, 2013.

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• It's so important for girls to respect themselves and not put themselves down and say, 'Oh, my life is horrible,' and 'I'm not pretty enough.' How do you know? There's this energy people give off that people can be drawn to.

  David Archuleta

  Girl, People, Giving

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• I said to my teacher, 'I can't be a singer because I'm not pretty enough, and I'm fat.' And she looked at me and said, 'Tell that to Nell Carter, babe.' That changed my life forever!

  Beth Ditto

  Teacher, Forever, Singers

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• Some people are born to make life pretty, and others to grumble that it is not pretty enough.

  George Eliot

  People, Enough, Born

  George Eliot (1860). “Life and Letters”, p.447

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• How many managers told me, 'Get a nose job. You're not pretty enough'? But I proved them wrong.

  Lea Michele

  Jobs, Noses, Enough

  "Lea Michele In Bloom". Interview with Marshall Heyman, www.harpersbazaar.com. August 3, 2011.

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• I do sin, but I am not the devil.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Angel, Cute Girl, Devil

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• I'm sin, but I'm not the devil.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Love, Angel, Cute Girl

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