Chuck Close Quotes

We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.

People try to tell me like that, 'Oh, you shouldn't be proud,' or, 'You're not this,' or, 'You aren't that,' or whatever the hell. I'm just kinda here to say, like, who is anybody else to tell me who I am or what I've gone through or what I haven't gone through?

It was a very cool thing to be a smart girl, as opposed to some other, different kind. And I think that made a great deal of difference to me growing up and in my life afterward.

My mom was always saying: 'Be whatever you want to be, but stick with it. Don't waver. Don't change who you are for anybody.'

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

Others will always seek to define you based on what they think you represent or who they think you are. But you have to be the one to control what you do and what you say and how you present yourself.

Never allow a stigma or the popular thing to define you.

I just look to be myself. I'm not trying to be nobody. I'm just trying to be the first Zion.

Live your life to its fullest potential and don't really care too much about what other people think of you.

I couldn't care what people are saying or not saying because I have my own life. I know who I am, I know who is Joanna Jedrzecjzyk. And I know who I want to be.

My image is me. I talk for myself. I didn't become this person others wanted me to be.

I think it's very important that we instill in our kids that it has nothing to do with their name or their situation that they're growing up in; it has to do with who they are as an individual.

The best thing I ever did in my life was to ask, 'Do I like everybody?' And the answer was, 'No.' So why should everybody like me? If people are against me, so what? I'm against them too.

I'm not trying to keep anybody happy.

I think I'm a living embodiment of, 'Don't try to push me around or squash me,' whether its how I talk to a record label or in my relationships.

Everybody has to know for themselves what they're capable of.

Don't change for nobody.

Don't let what others think or say get in your way; their actions reflect on them, not you.

Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.

I don't ever apologize for who I am because then I let someone else decide who I am.

I don't see myself beneath Beyonce and Jay Z; I don't see myself above them. I'm in my own world, hungry to grow.

I never let track define me. That's something that's really important to me.

Most people are defined by their titles, their cars, their house, where they came from, their color, their race, their religion. And so it's up to you to take control of your own life and define you. As long as you understand who you are and you have a solid foundation of understanding what your talents are, what your skills are.

I've learned not to let people judge me in how I want to live my life. Every single woman is an individual, and there's no one path. You just have to take the path that you think is right for you.

My father taught me you have to believe in yourself and run on your own track.