True To Myself Quotes

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  I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.

  Frederick Douglass

  Respect, Fear, Integrity

  Frederick Douglass (2013). “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave”, p.54, Simon and Schuster

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• I think of life itself now as a wonderful play that I've written for myself, and so my purpose is to have the utmost fun playing my part.

  Shirley MacLaine

  Inspirational, Life, Being Yourself

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• This above all; to thine own self be true.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Graduation

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

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• Best be yourself, imperial, plain, and true.

  Robert Browning

  Being Yourself, Being Single, Acceptance

  Richard Cronin, Robert Browning, Dorothy McMillan (2015). “Robert Browning”, p.265, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Just keep being true to yourself, if you're passionate about something go for it. Don't sacrifice anything, just have fun.

  Blake Lewis

  Fun, Sacrifice, Passionate

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• I’ve always been a person who’s been true to myself and true to others and I’m not afraid to be honest.

  Tamar Braxton

  Honest, Not Afraid, Persons

  "Tamar Braxton Returns with Her Own Show. Dot Com". Interview with Kelley L. Carter, www.ebony.com. September 11, 2012.

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• I’ve been the same guy since day one. No matter how successful I am in life, I’m going to stay true to myself and stay humble and grounded. I feel like that’s where your success comes from. Once you get that big head, it’s over. You feel like you can’t be stopped. Staying humble is the only way you can be great.

  A. J. Green

  Humble, Successful, Guy

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• I'm passionate about being true to myself, sending good energy to the people around me, traveling, staying inspired, being a good friend, being a good daughter, being a good sister.

  Erin Wasson

  Daughter, Good Friend, People

  "Supermodel & Designer Erin Wasson on Her Collection, Role in Sofia Coppola’s Next Film & Kissing Justin Timberlake". Interview with Sabine Heller, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 12, 2009.

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• Do I have a small movie in me? Yeah, probably, when I'm 60. But I'm not Hal Ashby, I'm not Roman Polanski. I'm true to myself. Whether you like it or not.

  Brett Ratner

  You Like It, Yeah

  "If it wasn't for Eddie Murphy, Rush Hour wouldn't exist". Interview with Alex Godfrey, www.theguardian.com. October 28, 2011.

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• I came from nothing. My mother was a single mother in the streets. She did everything she could do. Me and my brother experienced a lot on our own and with me knowing that feeling, I didn't want others to have that feeling, so that's why I fight for the streets. I'm making my own lane and staying true to myself, 'cause at the end of the day, you can't ban the truth.

  Trae tha Truth

  Mother, Brother, Fighting

  "Interview: Trae Tha Truth On Being Banned From Radio One & His Friendship With Lupe Fiasco". Interview with Maurice Bobb, www.complex.com. September 8, 2010.

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• The first album was a very successful record. It made me very visible and it's an immediate association, but I don't do that anymore. Now I'm true to myself as an artist again. I'm more vocally oriented.

  Phoebe Snow

  Successful, Artist, Albums

  "NEW JERSEY Q & A: PHOEBE SNOW; Singing Her Way Back to the Top". Interview with Fred T. Abdella, www.nytimes.com. July 2, 1989.

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• I must stay true to myself and take my own path all the way.

  Valerie June

  Way, Path, Stay True

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• Look, I can be married to the most beautiful woman in the world, and I am. I can have the most beautiful little daughter in the world, and I have that. But I’m nothing if I can’t be me. If I can’t be true to myself, they don’t mean anything.

  Kanye West

  Beautiful, Daughter, Mean

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• I don't want to be a Hollywood star. I just want to do my job and enjoy it. My aim is to find my true identity and to remain true to myself.

  Eva Green

  Jobs, Stars, True Identity

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I had no plan for that year but it wound up being one of the most important years of my football coaching career. It hit me along the way that I needed to really get at the heart of what's really true to myself. And then I was able to mold it and shape it in the years at SC to become the approach and the concept and the culture that we try to create here at Seattle.

  Pete Carroll

  Football, Heart, Years

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• I try to be true to myself yet still at the same time look at comments and look at what the fans have to say and kind of put it in perspective. I'm never someone whose not open for opinion, I'm always just down to make it work and see how we can do things but at the end of the day I always want to make sure it represents me. It's really about just being humble and not selling yourself on being there already.

  Kid Ink

  Humble, Perspective, The End Of The Day

  Source: thecomeupshow.com

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• I have received 16 Grammy nominations and I have no trophies, because I chose to write the harsh realities. I stayed true to myself and I've taken a little beating behind it.

  Curtis Jackson

  Taken, Writing, Reality

  Source: www.complex.com

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• I've tried to stay true to myself this whole entire time, and I think I've represented myself as creatively as I could with what I got on the show.

  Blake Lewis

  Thinking, Stay True, Shows

  "Blake Lewis Reaches Out To Gnarls, Will.I.Am After 'Idol' Finale: 'Call Me!'". Interview with Katie Atkinson, www.mtv.com. May 24, 2007.

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• That's what happened when my own life crumbled. The people who came into my life bolstered me to take more risks, to be even more true to myself.

  Frances Moore Lappé

  People, Risk, Happened

  Source: www.yesmagazine.org

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• As things grew for me I felt like I was losing myself and wanted to stay true to myself as well. I didn't want to lose any connection I had with the audience. I felt small on a big stage and I felt like I was peaking generically to an audience.

  Jason Mraz

  Connections, Want, Losing

  "Yes! Jason Mraz returns to his 'coffeehouse performer' roots". Interview with Mike Nunez, www.floridatoday.com. February 11, 2015.

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• I just try to be true to myself and look the way that I'm comfortable looking. Because if I'm comfortable with me, then you're going to be comfortable with me as well.

  Dolly Parton

  Trying, Looks, Way

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• As far as the persona, I'm true to myself. Not because I'm arrogant, but I'm true to myself because I believe that you have to stand for something. When you start sacrificing that, even if it's just a line in a song or something you say on the mic at a show, or the way you treat someone when you see them out in public, that all reflects on who you are.

  Cody Johnson

  Song, Believe, Sacrifice

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• Just to be true to myself, which is why I did this movie. I figured everyone was going to freak out and say, 'Why would you do that after Dorothy Dandridge?' My answer is 'Because I can.' And that feels really good to be comfortable saying that.

  Halle Berry

  Movie, Actors, Answers

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• I just try to be true to myself and write about things I'm passionate about. I think what most people don't like about movies is they can tell that most movies are a product, and they don't mean that much to the people who make them.

  Judd Apatow

  Writing, Mean, Thinking

  Interview with Gregg LaGambina, www.avclub.com. July 30, 2009.

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• The use of force is always an answer to problems. Whether or not it's a satisfactory answer depends on a number of things, not least the personality of the person making the determination. Force isn't an attractive answer, though. I would not be true to myself or to the people I served with in 1970 if I did not make that realization clear.

  David Drake

  Determination, Numbers, People

  David Drake (2012). “Voyage Across the Stars”, p.624, Baen Publishing Enterprises

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