Alexandra Robbins Quotes

At the end of the day, people have to respect people's differences. I am different than some people would like me to be.

Children tease each other because you're short or you're tall or you're a redhead or because you're ugly or because you're smart or because you're dumb or all kinds of differences and as parents we have to deal with that and strengthen our children to be comfortable with themselves and also to show empathy and acceptance towards others.

Mama showed me that I didn't have to change just because someone else saw things differently. She showed me that having differences is normal and that I didn't have to be afraid of the differences in all of us.

I wish people would look at me and think, 'Well, someone like that exists!' Accept the difference.

And when I go around and talk to schools, what I tell the kids are, first of all, you have to accept each other's differences. Some of you are going to be a crappy football player, some of you are going to be a great mathematician. Whatever it is, accept each other's differences and help prop each other up.

Be yourself. And if you're not accepted by your family, there will be people who will accept you.

If you act weird, people are going to treat you weird, but if you're just yourself, people respond to that.

Glee's good because it tackles the issues by embracing what's different, and telling people, 'That's what makes you special' - I think that's the underlying thing.

It's an important point to make that people can't just be invalidated, eradicated, because they don't fit tidily into a box. And more and more, the modern world is all about conformity.

If you don't believe you don't belong.

When you're a kid, you might be picked on for your differences. When you're an adult, employers, colleges, friends - people look for differences when you're adult, and that's what makes you shine and stand out.

We come in many different shapes and sizes, and we need to support each other and our differences. Our beauty is in our differences.

I am who I am.

If there's any message to my work, it is ultimately that it's OK to be different, that it's good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different color.

The more confident one becomes, the less one needs all people to be the same.

All my life I've been looking for diversity.

Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.

You know, you don't have to look like everybody else to be acceptable and to feel acceptable.

I don't compare myself to anyone else; I don't make comments about anyone else because they do what feels right for them, and that's okay by me.

I have a deep compassion for the idea that it's okay to be myself. The idea that anything 'other' is bad and wrong and broken is so wildly off base.

I think we all feel geeky at times, don't we? Isn't that all a part of the wonderful tapestry of life?

Don't let anyone keep you down for silly reasons such as who you are.

I'm passionate about speaking out against bullying and speaking up for self-awareness with young people and body-image issues and self-esteem issues.

I know I'm not everybody's cup of tea. I'm just me.

The idea that feeling confident and feeling misunderstood are mutually exclusive really bugs me. So a lot of what 'Rookie' is about is just showing that you can be both, and you can like whatever you want.