Shirley Temple Quotes

I could go and make commercials left and right and pretend like I am a celebrity, but that is not me.

I live a very real life.

I come out of real life.

I wanted to show the world the real Pratyusha.

Nobody stays here by faking reality in any manner whatever.

Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.

Dating is really hard because everyone puts on a front. It's really difficult to see who is who, so it is important to be yourself.

It is when I am working that the real me comes out - that is when I am the most real and honest.

Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere.

I think, to me, reality is better than being fake.

It's a waste of time for people to say things they think other people want to hear, or try and come off in a certain way. I try to be as honest as I can.

All I'm ever looking for in my work in general is honesty and truth and people being real to themselves.

I don't try to be likeable. The worst thing people do is present versions of themselves to the world that aren't real.

I think the most important thing is to be yourself and be genuine and don't try to tell anybody else's story but your own. And if it comes from a genuine place, I think people can tell, and if it doesn't, I think people can tell, and I think that eventually it shows.

Humanity appreciates truth about as much as a squirrel appreciates silver.

Reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.

Be authentic, be true, sing what's in your heart.

When I take up a film or role, I don't want to be fake; I don't want to wear a mask. I want to be myself.

Esse quam videri," Celia says. "To be, rather than to seem.

Rhetoric is no substitute for reality.

I prefer being honest to being 'honest to God.'

If you keep hiding your true self, your life becomes like slow death. Once you become free from the lies and the hiding of yourself, then life becomes vibrant again.

Like all valuable commodities, truth is often counterfeited.

Just speak your truth, it's an important cornerstone of how your life ends up sort of unfolding in front of you. Even if it's painful, if it's honest, it's going to bring you to the place you deserve to be.

Granny Weatherwax was firmly against fiction. Life was hard enough without lies floating around and changing the way people thought.