Dee Rees Quotes

You have to assert something about yourself in order to be yourself.

Being yourself is one of the greatest things you can possibly do. Being true to yourself.

I believe in just being yourself, and the whole kit and caboodle comes with it.

The fact is ones own voice is not heard anywhere else. Its a challenge to be yourself. It takes a lot of courage.

I can only be who I am.

Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.

You don't want to spend your life explaining yourself.

You change the world by being yourself.

Always be yourself. At the end of the day, that's all you've really got; when you strip everything down, that's all you've got, so always be yourself.

It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but we do know it is our sacred duty.

Really rejoice in being yourself. Have your own drumbeat.

I think a person has to just be herself.

We all want to be someone else but without ceasing to be ourselves. I think it's very important to defend this idea in real life too.

I don't know what else I would be if I wasn't me. I am not looking from the outside, looking back. I am who I am.

Be yourself. I had this three-week period where I wore this straw fedora. I thought it was what chicks wanted. And then it dawned on me that I was trying to be something that I wasn't, so I took the fedora off. So be yourself.

Everyone kept telling me, Just be yourself. Be yourself. I kept thinking, there's got to be more to it than that!

Remember to always be yourself.

Hiding, secrets, and not being able to be yourself is one of the worst things ever for a person. It gives you low self-esteem. You never get to reach that peak in your life. You should always be able to be yourself and be proud of yourself.

I wanted to do things that I knew were going to be me.

It sounds really cliched, but just be true to who you are.

I'm undeniably myself, and I think realizing that is the way to live life.

People try to tell me like that, 'Oh, you shouldn't be proud,' or, 'You're not this,' or, 'You aren't that,' or whatever the hell. I'm just kinda here to say, like, who is anybody else to tell me who I am or what I've gone through or what I haven't gone through?

Every one of us at some point in our lives has had the struggle with identity.

My passion, personally, is being my true self while inspiring young people who are struggling with their identities to love themselves for who they are.

I can't be like Brandy. I have to be me.