{"quotes":[{"text":"White people now tan to get darker; and black people wear their hair like white people. We are all confused. Deep down we admire each other, but we don't accept it. The silly thing is that the color of one's skin is simply evolution's answer for dealing with different rates of exposure to the sun. How ignorant is it then to judge a person on that?","author":"Manasa Rao","tags":["be-yourself","discrimination","racism","skin-color"],"id":84,"author_id":"Manasa+Rao"},{"text":"You can be yourself without pursuing yourself. Have you ever seen a dog chase his own tail? He just runs in circles.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["animal","arrogance","be-yourself","chase","circle","consideration","dog","ego","help","helping-others","narcissism","others","pet","pride","pursue","rhetorical","self","selfish","selflessness","serve","serving-others"],"id":764,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"Why the hell you have to feel bad! ... Like ' I am crazy'..... Even if you are not !! Many else out there .... Feel the same in some point of time to be crazy enough, Hence.... Let's just be practical and take light! 'Be yourself to live the Life.","author":"Praveen Chenna","tags":["be-yourself","emotions","feelings","life","praveen-chenna"],"id":1096,"author_id":"Praveen+Chenna"},{"text":"Don't care what people sayJust follow your own wayDon't give up and use the chanceTo return to innocence.That's not the beginning of the endThat's the return to yourselfThe return to innocence.","author":"Enigma","tags":["be-yourself","innocence","lyrics","music","return-to-innocence"],"id":2661,"author_id":"Enigma"},{"text":"Be yourself because an original is worth more than just a copy.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["approval","be-different","be-unique","be-you","be-yourself","confidence","cool","coolest","copy","copy-someone","copycat","copycats","follower","haters","imitate","imitation","individualism","individuality","know-your-worth","life","love-yourself","originality","peer-pressure","self-love","social-approval","unique","value","weird","worth"],"id":2936,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"Until you prove what is in you, what is in you shall always be what is in you.","author":"Ernest Agyemang Yeboah","tags":["be-courageous","be-yourself","daily","dare-to-win","do-it","fear","food-for-thought","have-courage","just-do-it","life","make-it-happen","our-relevance-on-earth","procrastination","about-fear","think-and-act-well","words-of-wisdom","your-dreams-must-not-die"],"id":5417,"author_id":"Ernest+Agyemang+Yeboah"},{"text":"‎Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put on some sunglasses, cuz we were born this way bitch!","author":"Lady Gaga","tags":["ataraxy","be-yourself"],"id":7330,"author_id":"Lady+Gaga"},{"text":"The easiest thing for a person is to accept everything as it is and adjust with everyone in the surroundings by sacrificing or compromising originality, but it's also the worst thing if he proclaims that he has changed himself.","author":"Testy McTesterson","tags":["attitude","be-yourself","behaviour","change-life","change-your-life","change-yourself","easiest-work","humanity","inspiration","inspirational","inspiring","leaders","leadership","leadership-characteristics","life-and-living","life-lessons","life-philosophy","mentor","motivation","motivation-speaker","motivational","originality","personal-growth","personality","psychology","real","simplicity","society","true-to-yourself"],"id":9141,"author_id":"Testy+McTesterson"},{"text":"There is one thing we can do better than anyone else: we can be ourselves.","author":"Arthur Ward","tags":["be-yourself"],"id":11534,"author_id":"Arthur+Ward"},{"text":"Be yourself!’ said Gro. ‘No one will hear any of you otherwise, still less trust you. That’s the most important thing of all. If you’re not yourself you just can’t sustain it in the long term.","author":"Åsne Seierstad","tags":["be-yourself"],"id":11743,"author_id":"%C3%85sne+Seierstad"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":489,"pages":49,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}