Ross Mathews Quotes

To hang out in a gay bar or put on a sequined halter top makes me feel like a total person.

There's kind of a gift in being gay because, if you come out, you're forced to express yourself.

I love the mixture that's in me. It makes me me. And that's why it's such a shame that people waste energy in denying who they are.

When I was in school, I got there on the first day and everyone had long, blonde, straight hair, and I had short, dark, curly hair. I immediately felt I didn't fit in and started growing my hair. But I've learned that I'm only happy when I am truly me and feel comfortable and confident in myself.

I kind of live my life as an example, and I just never felt like I had to be on the cover of a magazine announcing that I was gay; it's just who I am. I just live my life, and I never really thought about it.

I can be an incredibly fabulous person, and I don't have to be in the highest heels, the tallest wig, the skimpiest outfit.

I'm proud of my sexuality. I embrace it. It's just another part of me.

I realize it's a cliche, almost, that coming out of the closet is a very healthy and empowering thing to do, but for me, it really has been a truly wonderful thing.

People are embracing the thing that made them different growing up instead of letting that thing elicit shame.

I'm not ashamed to be me. More than anyone else I know, I love my life and accept myself. What's wrong with being unique? I am proud of everything that I am and will become.

I have read a lot about what I am and who I am: 'mini,' a copy, simply 'more of the same.' Dear delegates, I stand before you as I am and as life made me and I am proud of that.

Just be yourself man, be proud of who you are.

Own who you are and celebrate it.

I'm not ashamed of who I am.

I come as one package deal. An Irish lesbian who wakes up every day and goes to work. And I don't spend a lot of time thinking about being 'the first this' or 'the first that' because it would take up space in my brain.

It used to bother me - having bigger, fuller brows. I even plucked them once so I'd fit in, but I hated them and couldn't wait for them to grow back. Now I embrace them. I realized the quirky things that make you different are what make you beautiful.

Once I started singing, I didn't have to try to be cool. I was just one of the coolest guys around.

'Born this Way' is about being yourself, and loving who you are and being proud.

All people - African, European, American - worry about being different. But I've learned that the traits we'd rush to get rid of are the very ones that others desire. People always covet what they don't have. That's why we should look at ourselves every now and then and say, 'I'm proud of myself. I like the way I'm made.'

I'm the little half-black, half-Jewish girl who was odd and awkward. I try to be myself.

If I was to meet my eight-year-old self, I would say, 'Don't listen to what they say about you. Wear your anorak with pride!'

I get to remind myself and other people to be yourself, to rock you who you are, and don't worry about if it fits.

I am not gay, but if I were, I would be the first one running out of the closet.

There is no reason to be ashamed of who you are.

I learned that coming out was crucial to self-esteem.