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    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator
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    Bernard M. Baruch
    “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
    ― Bernard M. Baruch
    tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter
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    Maya Angelou
    “I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

    (Popular misquote of "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.")”
    ― Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
    tags: be-yourself, inspirational, misquote, self-determination
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    Lao Tzu
    “When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you.”
    ― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
    tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, integrity, self-reliance, self-respect
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    Brian Tracy
    “Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.”
    ― Brian Tracy
    tags: be-yourself, life, remaining-silent, reticence, wisdom
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    Gerard Way
    “Be yourself, don't take anything from anyone, and never let them take you alive.”
    ― Gerard Way
    tags: be-yourself, defiance, self-assuredness
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    Philip Pullman
    “You cannot change what you are, only what you do.”
    ― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass
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    John Lennon
    “You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!”
    ― John Lennon
    tags: be-yourself, inspirational, self-awareness, self-determination
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    Toba Beta
    “Just because they disagree, doesn't mean you ain't right.”
    ― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity
    tags: be-yourself, man-for-himself
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    Wayne W. Dyer
    “You are not stuck where you are unless you decide to be.”
    ― Wayne W. Dyer
    tags: be-yourself, self-determination
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    Toba Beta
    “You can't be yourself within jealousy.”
    ― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity
    tags: be-yourself, jealousy
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    “My best advice is to be yourself. Unless you’re psychotic, then you might want to try a different tactic.”
    ― Gwen Hayes, So Over You
    tags: be-yourself
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    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “Imitation is suicide.”
    ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
    tags: be-yourself, creativity, life
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    Lois McMaster Bujold
    “Don't wish to be normal. Wish to be yourself. To the hilt. Find out what you're best at, and develop it, and hopscotch your weaknesses. Wish to be great at whatever you are.”
    ― Lois McMaster Bujold, Labyrinth
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    Robert Browning
    “Best be yourself, imperial, plain, and true.”
    ― Robert Browning
    tags: be-yourself, self-determination
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    Horatius
    “Rule your mind or it will rule you.”
    ― Horace
    tags: be-strong, be-yourself, independence, inspiration, inspirational, life, living, rule, self-help, stay-strong, strength, the-mind
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    Susan Mallery
    “You’re only responsible for yourself, Jess. And that’s the only person you can control. Other people will either get it or they won’t but you can’t define yourself by their opinions.”
    ― Susan Mallery, Sweet Trouble
    tags: be-yourself, jess, motivational
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