Ronnie Hawkins Quotes

There's not one person that I say I want to look like.

I'm not that beautiful, and I don't want to be a pop star.

There isn't anybody that looks like me without clothes on.

Everyone wants to look their best, everyone has dreams of wanting to look like something else. But we are who we are.

Only when you are aware of the uniqueness of everyone's individual body will you begin to have a sense of your own self-worth.

I'm not like a gorgeous bombshell or anything like that.

I was always the funny-looking girl. I couldn't compete with the Brazilian girls. My nose is off, my ears are too big. But I think it's my personality that these designers were drawn to.

It's no one's fault to be born ugly, but, honestly, must it be worn as a symbol of pride?

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else

My hair was curly, and everyone else's was straight or in micro braids. I didn't have a lot of money, so I shopped at thrift stores. And I'm petite - I never looked shapely. I remember thinking, 'Will I ever have that stereotypical round, full butt that people think most black women have? I had to find another way to feel good about myself.

Having those positive friends around can really make a difference in how you view yourself. It's helped me realize that there's no such thing as having a perfect body, and just because I'm not shaped the same way as another girl is, it doesn't mean I'm not pretty. It just means that no two girls are alike.

I've been working on the way my originality, my body, my face, my original form is perceived by me.

Yet I've discovered that how I look is not a function of anything as ephemeral as my hair.

I've spent my whole life being told I have a face like a horse. You are just what you are, aren't you?

We have fallen in love with the body. That's that thing that looks back at us from the mirror. That's the repository of that lovely identity that you keep chasing all your life.

The thing that I like about being me is that everybody gets a different feeling from me.

Scarcely anyone ever wants to be anybody else. However handicapped or unhappy he feels himself, he would not change places with other more fortunate mortals.

I'm an outgoing girl, and I can't help the way I look.

I'm happy with the way I look but I'm not Hollywood beautiful.

I don't think I was born beautiful. I just think I was born me.

For the most part, yeah, I'm happy with my body, but there are days when I'm like, 'Ugh! Really? Why is it so hard to fit into my jeans?' That's when I say to myself, 'I look this way because I'm supposed to. If we all looked the same, we'd be boring.'

I was always bigger than the other girls. My sisters are very, very beautiful and very skinny, and I've always had a more muscular body. So I grew up with a different mentality.

I consider myself just as normal as anybody else.

You have to be the best of whatever you are, but successful, cool actresses come in all shapes and sizes.

I look like a gorilla, just the way I'm built.