Vera Rubin Quotes

I don't want my daughter to grow up and feel like she has to try that hard to get people to accept her.

I wouldn't want them to feel lonely or outcast ever in any way. And no matter where they were in the world, I'd want them to always feel incredibly confident about who they were and proud.

People do get ridiculed for liking us or because they look the way they do and they're a part of what we do.

I know what it's like to turn the page of a magazine and not see anyone like you. It takes a lot, a lot, a lot of talking to yourself to confirm your self-worth.

I was too old, too young, too fat, too thin, too tall, too short, too blond, too dark - but at some point, they're going to need the other. So I'd get really good at being the other.

I've experienced Islamophobic stuff. But I don't care - you can say whatever you want to say about me, but I am who I am. I think that what I'm trying to fight for and what I'm performing for is bigger than any religion, race, creed, or class.

If you happen to be in an environment where people are not accepting of who you are, you just need to know that's not always the way it will be.

I'm inspired to post a lot of positive messages on my social media because, growing up, I felt as though I needed somebody that looked like me in the limelight or in entertainment to promote being different and promote accepting your differences.

Be yourself. And if you're not accepted by your family, there will be people who will accept you.

I hope that I can be an inspiration to kids that are young and may feel different or may feel like they don't belong.

I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the meaning of the fact that I am Black: it means that I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect.

I know I'm representing a group - black, Latin, whatever you want to put me with - and I want to show that they are beautiful the way they are. I think that's really important for our youth to see.

I did learn that it was the greatest thing in the world to respect yourself. Respect other people.

I have a deep compassion for the idea that it's okay to be myself. The idea that anything 'other' is bad and wrong and broken is so wildly off base.

I had to fight like hell to convince people I was beautiful in my own Polish half-breed way.

Children tease each other because you're short or you're tall or you're a redhead or because you're ugly or because you're smart or because you're dumb or all kinds of differences and as parents we have to deal with that and strengthen our children to be comfortable with themselves and also to show empathy and acceptance towards others.

Experience tells us that people are not born with the innate ability nor the wish to see the Other as an equal individual in society. Pride in one’s separate identity can be so strong that it obscures the intrinsic value of other identities. Pluralism is a value that must be taught.

I'm lucky to be in a space where I've been accepted for who I am and celebrated for who I am.

I'm such a firm believer that everyone should see themselves in a character, and everyone should feel represented.

I've said it before, but I'll say it again because you can't say it enough: Your skin is beautiful - dark, light, in the middle, whatever. Brown is beautiful. Your hair is beautiful. If you wear a weave, it's beautiful. If you choose to be natural, that's beautiful. Also, you are enough.

I don't want to travel around this world and have these kids treat me like I'm someone they're not, because I'm not doing anything that they can't do.

At the end of the day, there should be no judgment or body shaming on anyone.

My parents have taught me the value of reading and self-love through books that have characters that look like me and talk like me.

I want people to feel happy in their own skins and feel accepted by society.

I think anytime you can share images that make young women feel a sense of belonging when they might not be feeling their best or their strongest is so cool.