W. C. Fields Quotes

My mama told me it's not what they call you - it's what you answer to.

At some point, the pride has to be a part of the whole day-to-day oeuvre. It's part of who you are and doesn't need to be discussed anymore.

What I do now defines who I am as a woman and how people see me; they don't see me as a little girl.

I must be very clear in one thing... Being a pageant girl is not who I am or what defines me.

I'm definitely responsible for the image that I put out there. But it does become frustrating, because I don't want 'sexy' to be my defining characteristic. I'd love for my ambition and will and intellect and sense of humour to define me as well.

MS doesn't define who I am.

If my dancing is a disaster - it doesn't define me as a person.

I'm determined not to lose my name. It's who I am. It has neither aided my progress nor hampered it. It's just who I am.

When someone tells me that I'm not real, I say to them, 'Well, what about me isn't real?' I have not changed my figure. This is who I am.

What they call you is one thing. What you answer to is something else.

I have no issues with my identity.

However, people need to understand that it ain't that deep to try and convince people of what your persona is. You are who you are, and what you are will show in time. What you aren't can be hidden, but eventually it will come to light. Long story short: rappers should never take themselves too seriously.

I don't think of myself as a leader. I am, but I don't think of myself that way. I'm not trying to belittle what I do, but I think of myself as a dancer first. I'll always be a dancer.

Your name is a funny thing. It stands for what you're about, and everything I do is really about pride.

I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth.

I've had some people tell me they're glad I'm a normal girl. Of course I'm a normal girl!

You can't ever put your self-definition in the hands of somebody who meets you for 15 minutes.

I don't want to become known as just a body.

How you define yourself is a major issue for young people and adults alike.

I feel pretty secure about who I am.

It is important to me that people believe in me as a model, trust in me as a model - which they do in London and New York - which is why sometimes I think I'm an Anglo-Saxon woman at heart.

I always thought I was powerful, since I was a kid.

I always wanted to be more validated as a human being, as a person, than I was as a player. I think that was a really hard balance for me.

I view myself as more than a running back.

I know who I am as a person. And the people that matter around me know who I am.