Cassie Ventura Quotes

I don't believe I am influencing anybody but myself.

But to do this kind of work, you have to be very strong, otherwise you lose your personality, your identity.

I wasn't interested in exploiting myself.

I've seldom minded other people's opinions, but the other side of that coin is that I've seldom been interested by them, um their opinions about me I mean.

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.

You come to a point in your life when you really don't care what people think about you, you just care what you think about yourself.

I don't have to be concerned about everybody else's character.

There will always be some people who think for themselves, even among the self-appointed guardians of the great mass who, after having thrown off the yoke of immaturity themselves, will spread about them the spirit of a reasonable estimate of their own value and of the need for every man to think for himself.

I like to be in control of how I look and how I feel and how I act.

If you teach a child that appearance doesn't matter, what will be the next thing that child asserts her individuality over? Turning up on time? Turning up at all?

I'm not sitting on a soapbox telling women what they should and shouldn't do, but I know what works for me.

But I've never felt objectified. Nothing you see me do is an accident.

The greatest possession is self-possession.

I am a good, strong word giver; I am a jealous guard of my own secrets. Freedom is the rule; I am hungry for one good thing I can do.

I didn't want to lose my sense of myself in my profession.

Haitians do not need development programs imposed on them by expatriates. Instead, they need help in developing as self-assured persons.

In my heart I know what kind of person I am, and that's good enough.

My ego is controlled enough that I don't have to be the focus.

I think women want to take care of themselves, and I think having a voice in how that is done is very important.

I guess more players lick themselves that are ever licked by an opposing team. The first thing any man has to know is how to handle himself.

I've always been able to make choices that don't embarrass me.

I can't always live my life for everybody else.

Only I know my life.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me.