Paulo Coelho Quotes

There are some people whose opinion I value and respect and it would be very bothersome if I forfeited their respect. But the general public? I'm not preoccupied with the opinions of others.

If my accomplishments frighten someone, it's nothing to do with me - that's to do with them. But the men who are in my life see me as a person - as a woman - not as a character I've played.

In real life, I'm not super-posh but if that's the stereotype, I really don't care. It could be worse.

I don't think that you have to be effeminate to be sensitive.

If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.

I'm pretty, but I'm not, like, a 'pretty girl.'

I don't like being weak in front of my mum or anyone for that matter. I don't like crying.

I know I'm a good person.

Sometimes I feel limited by people's perceptions of what I can and cannot do, or what I do or don't look like.

Women don't try to use me.

I consider myself a little weak.

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.

How can I not be straightforward? I’m not a nobody. A somebody like me needs to handle things in a straight forward manner.

It never occurred to me that I'm intimidating.

I remember growing up and feeling all the time not pretty enough, too rude, too loud, taking too much space because precisely I wanted to maybe be bossy and loud and unapologetic and not really smooth all the time, and those were not really qualities that were valued for me.

Don't be naive and allow a man to take advantage of you.

I just don't want to be seen as a strong person.

A man who does not approach me because of my screen image or is intimidated by me is probably not being worth approached by.

People don't take you seriously, so you have to take yourself seriously.

I used to consider myself weak.

I was the funny one in my group; there was a lot pressure to be responsible for everyone's happiness. I didn't like watching other friends of mine be called the 'pretty one' or the 'smart one.' That had no depth, and it didn't match how I knew them.

In my experience, women who are taken seriously take themselves seriously. It's not what you wear.

You might see someone with dreadlocks and label them a hippie in your head, but that doesn't mean they think of themselves that way. A lot of people look at me and see I have a beard and shaggy hair, and think I'm a hippie. I'm not a hippie, and I'm not not a hippie. I don't know what the f**k I am.

People don't think I'm big enough to be mean. I don't look big enough, but I am.

You can't just be a wimp and then a year and a half or two years later decide to not be a wimp anymore. Because people will always treat you like a wimp once they have decided that's what you are. You have to be strong and tough and intelligent and smart and kind of plan out what you're going to say and know who you are. So that people will get that right away. Because then they're always going to be great to you. And they're always going to treat you with respect.