H. D. Kumaraswamy Quotes

I'm not interested in being commodified. I'm not into being sold. I'm not a slave.

I hate being thought of as a product.

I can't let anybody tell me what I'm going to be.

Every woman in this world is allowed to define themselves how they want.

A lady I will be, but a man's accessory, his handbag, no thank you. I will not be someone's ornament. I will not just be someone's honey, baby, sweetheart.

There is more to me than my boobs and my boyfriends.

When who you are and what you are is not decided by any external forces, then you are in dignity.

I don't necessarily think of myself as a feminist, but I'm a whole person. I'm not just breasts or ass or thighs - I'm a whole being! And it just seems like women aren't necessarily striving to be the whole of themselves.

one of the blessings of adulthood is that one is no longer addressed as a thing.

I think the best thing I could ever teach my daughter is that she's not an object or a trophy, and that she can trust in herself and believe in herself and that you are not your things, and you are not your job.

Despite everything, no one can dictate who you are to other people.

During 'Hawthorne', I was constantly trying not to be too outrageous and keep it serious. This has been so refreshing for me because it's such a good outlet for the inner me to just be. That's the whole point of 'Glee' anyways - to just be who you are and that's enough. I really feel that way on set.

I know a lot of athletes and models are written off as just bodies. I never felt used for my body.

We have been educated into believing someone else's concept of the deity, and someone else's standard of beauty. You have the right to practice any religion and politics in a way that best suits your freedom, your dignity, and your understanding. And once you do that, you don't apologize.

One doesn't want one's identity coerced.

If you are confident in yourself and however you want yourself to be presented, and you're doing well and doing it because you want to do it and not because someone is pressuring you, then more power to you.

The real story is that I am very free, that I've managed to be who I wanted to be without compromising.

I try to be feminist in, like, I love myself and I don't need someone else's approval.

I don't need anybody to tell me how to be alive.

I don't think any woman wants to be known for being beautiful or busty. I think you want to be known for who you are.

For me, embracing my own power is about embracing my right to be an individual.

Home is where my dignity lives, not necessarily where my ancestors put down roots.

I think it's really important for every mother to find their own way.

I'm not for sale.

Those of us who submitted or surrendered our ideas and dreams and identities to the 'leaders' must take back our rights, our identities, our responsibilities.