Ellen DeGeneres Quotes

This is not me, WWE doesn't define who Ashley is.

I want my name to mean me.

Never let anyone try and make you into something that you're not. Remember what it is that you want, and always stay strong in that.

No matter what happens in life, never lose sight of who you are.

Maybe I don't want to be defined by what I do. Maybe I'd like to be defined by what I am.

I don't think it's about who you play, I think it's about who you are.

Hopefully your choices can come from a deep sense of who you are.

For me, you don't ever want to be defined by the color of your skin. You want to be defined by your work ethic, the person that you are, your character, your personality. That's what I've tried to go out and do.

I am always who I am, and anyone who's known me forever will tell you that. I guess there's enough of a child in me that that's important.

In my family, I would never dare to think of being Paris Hilton! And to me, that doesn't look like a happy existence - it's just not who I am.

The records are black boxes for me. Like, if you want to know who I am, my views, my perspective, things I love, things I hate, my convictions, my anthems. I've never let people's opinions affect the way I write.

Always stay true to yourselves.

You don't have to sacrifice who you are to follow your beliefs.

You're an island no matter what you do. I think it's very dangerous to use popularity as your identity in life. So you have to really know who you are inside, the core person, and follow what is true rather than follow what is hype.

You've got to hang on to who you are, what you are. Don't let anyone take it from you.

You should never give up your inner self.

You have to understand your own personal DNA. Don't do things because I do them or Steve Jobs or Mark Cuban tried it. You need to know your personal brand and stay true to it.

I don't think a name defines the core of who you are.

I have my belief structure, and it's very important to me, but people start associating that with you, and you become that. I want to be judged for my work.

I want to be judged by who I am, not what I am. I mean, I am Johnny Weir. Judge me the way you see me, love me the way you see me, hate me the way you see me.

I've always prided myself on being myself and trying to stick true to who I am and how I was raised.

You can’t have people make you what you are not. You can have advisers and political consultants, but at the end of the day, you are who you are.

My whole life is not defined by what Hollywood does.

I have to stay true to who I am.

Sometimes in L.A., we get accused of being superficial. I feel like Portland's the opposite, in that there's a greater depth of character, and sense of self.