Acceptance : (22) " Lots of songs aren’t even from my experiences, but they’re about accepting… the dark things about yourself. " - Aurora " Ever since I was 16, I’ve had this lower register, what I thought was a very manly voice, and I was insecure about that. But once I started acting more, I realized it was an asset, and I didn’t want to force myself to aim for the highest note possible. " - Selena Gomez " I always thought my jaw line was manly. I have this pockmark on my chin from when I was 9. I used to get freaked out about it because people thought it was a pimple. But those are the things I’ve become really comfortable with as I’ve gotten older. My scars. " - Rosario Dawson " I’m trying to tell kids if they are gay, it’s OK to be gay. I’ve tried to tell families if they have a gay family member to accept them and love them as they always have. " - Jeanne Phillips " Not everyone is going to like each other. " - Eddie Kingston " I think I learned very quickly after I started putting out music… you just learn that people are going to take what they want and make it fit their agenda or make it fit their interpretation. And you make peace with that or you suffer forever. " - Aesop Rock " I’m not a Steve Nash or a Magic Johnson who is going to come out and throw 15 assists and do all these crazy passes, that is not me and it’s not my game. " - Patty Mills " My audience has accepted me for a long time as, you know, not a fat comedian but a comedian who happens to be fat. That’s a huge difference. " - Ralphie May " You know, different people are going to react different ways. And I don’t think we should be intolerable because people do things a little differently. " - Brent Scowcroft " I want a world where everything is welcome, everything is valid, everything is acknowledged, embraced, and accepted. To me, that’s a perfect world. " - CeeLo Green