Simone de Beauvoir Quotes

I can't be anybody but myself.

Of course, I can't be like Gary Hooper or anyone else because I'm me.

You know, I am who I am.

I’ve tried being other people and myself suits me the best.

To be oneself, simply oneself, is so amazing and utterly unique an experience that it's hard to convince oneself so singular a thing happens to everybody.

I am who I am.

How could I have been anyone other than me?

I'm just like you, only I'm different because I'm me.

Everybody has their own story - it's who you are. If I wasn't five-foot, I wouldn't be who I am!

I think, for me, it has been important to remain 'Petra from Fulnek.'

Hima is Hima only. I haven't changed.

My state of being is just unique.

I don't want to be someone else.

I think realising that you're individual and unique is really amazing.

Everyone is born unique. No comparison is possible. You are you, and I am I.

One of the most important milestones we'll all hit along the way is the moment when we finally own our unique point of view and realize how priceless it is.

When I say "I," I mean a thing absolutely unique, not to be confused with any other.

Loving yourself involves the discovery of the true wonder of you; not only the present you, but the many possibilities of you. It involves the continual realization that you are unique, like no other person in the world, that life is, or should be, the discovery, the development and the sharing of this uniqueness.

As long as I live I shall always be My Self - and no other, Just me.

Unhappiness comes when you try to be like everyone else rather than embracing the unique person that you are.

There is always one thing to be grateful for - that one is one's self and not somebody else.

The secret is to have a sense of yourself, your real self, your unique self. And not just once in a while, or once a day, but all through the day, the week and life.

No man would, I think, exchange his existence with any other man, however fortunate. We had as lief not be, as not be ourselves.

The identity cannot be compartmentalized; it cannot be split in halves or thirds, nor have any clearly defined set of boundaries. I do not have several identities, I only have one, made of all the elements that have shaped its unique proportions.

Whatever the hell I am, I am Me.