Johnny Damon Quotes

It's nice to be included in people's fantasies but you also like to be accepted for your own sake.

Usually I feel kind-of normal and lame, and then I'll go to the coffee shop and someone'll say, 'You rock!' And then I'll remember how awesome I am.

People told me that I was the best-looking girl in my college. But it was only after I won a beauty pageant in 2002 that I became confident.

There was a person who thought I was OK. I wasn't a complete dope. I got some confidence out of that.

It's nice that people want to compliment you in some superficial way, but I've never considered that that's how I might be categorized. I guess it's better than being called ugly.

It's easy to love yourself when you feel good enough, when you feel special enough, when you're loved enough, when you have enough money, and you're appreciated.

I'm very open about the fact that it's nice when someone says you're pretty. Especially for someone like me.

I mean, no one asks beauty secrets of me, or 'What size do you wear?' or 'Who's your couturier?' They ask me about really deep things and I love that.

I guess other people's compliments motivate you.

There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us.

Am I really cool? You're telling me I'm cool? Well, that's good to hear.

You can feel like, 'I look really bad', but to other people you can be really gorgeous.

I wish when I was 17, somebody had told me not to care so much about what other people had thought.

Finding out I was pretty was a very nice realisation.

When we are looking for validation, that will never satisfy us. When we are looking for affection, for love, a little bit of that will be enough to be complete.

I don't have a strong sense of self-worth unless I'm doing something.

My mother always called me an ugly weed, so I never was aware of anything until I was older. Plain girls should have someone telling them they are beautiful. Sometimes this works miracles.

We all have the need to feel special.

I know what it's like to feel that fear and the need of affirmation and appreciation. To build confidence in yourself is the toughest thing.

I didn't grow up identifying with beauty. I grew up thinking I could be smart and funny - those are the things I got feedback on.

I am telling you, if you ever wanted an ego boost, leave your job and then, six months later, come back for a day. People will treat you like you're a princess.

I find that a lot of women respond to my work in that it doesn't make them feel bad about themselves.

I always had a weight thing and felt bad about it, but in New Jersey, I felt like I got attention, and even when I felt bad or chubby, I didn't feel like I a freak.

I like to make people feel happy and superior in their reaction towards my appearance.

'You're beautiful' was the compliment I craved so much. I didn't care if people called me smart or innovative - it was the number-one compliment I gave out to other women hoping it was given back to me. I heard people saying it to my best friends. It was the one I wanted to hear more than anything else.