"Today I will learn to reject shame. Shame is an overwhelming sense that who I am isn't good enough. I realize that I am good enough, and that my imperfections are part of being human. I let go of shame."

-- Melody Beattie

#Letting Go Quotes #Who I Am Quotes #Imperfection Quotes

“I have a fat head - I get freaked-out looking at pictures of me.”
“She looks uptown, but she ain't really. She's into football, she likes my chili.”
“What the cops did to Rodney King was wrong, and the officers who beat him should be sent straight to prison.”
“I knew Anais Nin, who called me after I had been away for a few years. She was seeking help because at that time no one would give her a decent review. She was made fun of.”
“A beautiful print is a thing in itself, not just a halfway house on the way to the page.”

Source : Merry A. Foresta, Irving Penn, William F. Stapp, National Museum of American Art (U.S.), National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution) (1990). “Irving Penn master images: the collections of the National Museum of American Art and the National Portrait Gallery”, Smithsonian Inst Pr
“I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.”
“I will believe in the 500-channel world only when I see it.”
“Contrary to what they tell you... You are not a limited material being.”

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