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{{quote|'''Wally:''' ''The secret of happiness is to love who you are, not who others want you to be.''<br />
'''Dilbert:''' ''Doesn't that make you a sociopath?''<br />
'''Wally:''' ''Yeah, I love that about me.''|'''[[Dilbert]]'''}}


{{quote|'''Marge:''' ''You'll make plenty of friends, and long as you be yourself.''<br />
{{quote|'''Wally:''' ''The secret of happiness is to love who you are, not who others want you to be.''
'''Dilbert:''' ''Doesn't that make you a sociopath?''
(Marge leaves)<br />
'''Wally:''' ''Yeah, I love that about me.''
'''Lisa:''' ''Be yourself? [[Subverted Trope|I've been myself for 8 years and it's never helped me]]! Lousy advice...''|'''[[The Simpsons]]'''}}
|'''[[Dilbert]]'''}}

{{quote|'''Marge:''' ''You'll make plenty of friends, and long as you be yourself.''
''(Marge leaves)''
'''Lisa:''' ''Be yourself? [[Subverted Trope|I've been myself for 8 years and it's never helped me]]! Lousy advice...''
|'''[[The Simpsons]]'''}}


{{quote|''If you go to the grocery store and you stand in front of the lunch meat section for too long, you start to get really pissed off at turkeys. You see, like, turkey ham, turkey pastrami, turkey bologna. Someone needs to tell the turkeys, "Man, just be yourself!"''|'''Mitch Hedberg'''}}
{{quote|''If you go to the grocery store and you stand in front of the lunch meat section for too long, you start to get really pissed off at turkeys. You see, like, turkey ham, turkey pastrami, turkey bologna. Someone needs to tell the turkeys, "Man, just be yourself!"''|'''Mitch Hedberg'''}}


{{quote|''For'' five minutes, ''[[Subverted Trope|could you]]'' not ''be [[Small Annoying Creature|yourself?]] For'' '''FIVE MINUTES!'''|'''[[Shrek]]''', to [[Non Human Sidekick|Donkey]], ''[[Shrek|Shrek 2]]''}}
{{quote|''For'' five minutes, ''[[Subverted Trope|could you]]'' not ''be [[Small Annoying Creature|yourself?]] For'' '''FIVE MINUTES!'''|'''[[Shrek]]''', to [[Non-Human Sidekick|Donkey]], ''[[Shrek|Shrek 2]]''}}


{{quote|''All of this gruesome grotesquerie is incredibly wrapped up into a story that grunts and groans and laboriously offers up a Moral at the film's end, which is, and I quote: "It's not about what you are, it's about who you are." I could have told you that.''|'''[[Roger Ebert]]''''s [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091021/REVIEWS/910219997 review] of ''Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant''.}}
{{quote|''All of this gruesome grotesquerie is incredibly wrapped up into a story that grunts and groans and laboriously offers up a Moral at the film's end, which is, and I quote: "It's not about what you are, it's about who you are." I could have told you that.''|'''[[Roger Ebert]]''''s [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091021/REVIEWS/910219997 review] of ''Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant''.}}
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{{quote|''Always be yourself, unless you suck.''|'''[[Joss Whedon]]'''}}
{{quote|''Always be yourself, unless you suck.''|'''[[Joss Whedon]]'''}}


{{quote|'''Rincewind:''' ''It's vital to remember who you really are. It's very important. It isn't a good idea to rely on other people or things to do it for you, you see. They always get it wrong.''|''[[Discworld (Literature)/Sourcery|Sourcery]]''}}
{{quote|'''Rincewind:''' ''It's vital to remember who you really are. It's very important. It isn't a good idea to rely on other people or things to do it for you, you see. They always get it wrong.''|''[[Sourcery]]''}}


{{quote|'''Jacen Solo:''' The only power I have--The only power any of us have--is to be who we are. That's what I'm going to do here. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Be who I am.]]|''[[Star Wars Expanded Universe|Traitor]]''}}
{{quote|'''Jacen Solo:''' The only power I have--The only power any of us have--is to be who we are. That's what I'm going to do here. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Be who I am.]]|''[[Star Wars Expanded Universe|Traitor]]''}}


{{quote|'''Angela:''' ''People always say you should be yourself, like "yourself" is this definite thing, like a toaster or something. Like you can know what it is, even.''|''[[My So Called Life]]''}}
{{quote|'''Angela:''' ''People always say you should be yourself, like "yourself" is this definite thing, like a toaster or something. Like you can know what it is, even.''|''[[My So-Called Life]]''}}


{{quote|'''Molly:''' ''You should always just be youself.''<br />
{{quote|'''Molly:''' ''You should always just be youself.''
'''Aisling:''' ''That's a movie thing to say, not a real life thing to say.''|'''[[Series/Trivia|Trivia]]'''}}
'''Aisling:''' ''That's a movie thing to say, not a real life thing to say.''
|'''[[Trivia]]'''}}


{{quote|''This above all: to thine own self be true, <br />
{{quote|''This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day, <br />
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.''|'''Polonius''', ''[[Hamlet]]'', [[Hypocritical Humor|after a monologue's worth of advice]]}}
Thou canst not then be false to any man.''
|'''Polonius''', ''[[Hamlet]]'', [[Hypocritical Humor|after a monologue's worth of advice]]}}


{{quote|'''Shinji:''' ''I'm a coward. I'm cowardly, sneaky, and weak!''<br />
{{quote|'''Shinji:''' ''I'm a coward. I'm cowardly, sneaky, and weak!''
'''Misato:''' ''No. Only if you think you are, but if you know yourself, you can take care of yourself.''|'''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'''}}
'''Misato:''' ''No. Only if you think you are, but if you know yourself, you can take care of yourself.''
|'''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'''}}


{{quote|''You make each day a special day. You know how; by just your being you. There's only one person in this whole world like you. And people can like you exactly as you are.''|'''[[Mister Rogers Neighborhood|Fred Rogers]]'''}}
{{quote|''You make each day a special day. You know how; by just your being you. There's only one person in this whole world like you. And people can like you exactly as you are.''|'''[[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood|Fred Rogers]]'''}}


{{quote|''Your only validation is in living your own life<br />
{{quote|''Your only validation is in living your own life
Vicarious existence is a fucking waste of time''|'''[[Guns N' Roses]]''', "Don't Damn Me"}}
Vicarious existence is a fucking waste of time''|'''[[Guns N' Roses]]''', "Don't Damn Me"}}


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Wally: The secret of happiness is to love who you are, not who others want you to be.
Dilbert: Doesn't that make you a sociopath?
Wally: Yeah, I love that about me.

Marge: You'll make plenty of friends, and long as you be yourself.
(Marge leaves)
Lisa: Be yourself? I've been myself for 8 years and it's never helped me! Lousy advice...

If you go to the grocery store and you stand in front of the lunch meat section for too long, you start to get really pissed off at turkeys. You see, like, turkey ham, turkey pastrami, turkey bologna. Someone needs to tell the turkeys, "Man, just be yourself!"
Mitch Hedberg
For five minutes, could you not be yourself? For FIVE MINUTES!

All of this gruesome grotesquerie is incredibly wrapped up into a story that grunts and groans and laboriously offers up a Moral at the film's end, which is, and I quote: "It's not about what you are, it's about who you are." I could have told you that.

Always be yourself, unless you suck.
Rincewind: It's vital to remember who you really are. It's very important. It isn't a good idea to rely on other people or things to do it for you, you see. They always get it wrong.
Jacen Solo: The only power I have--The only power any of us have--is to be who we are. That's what I'm going to do here. Be who I am.
Angela: People always say you should be yourself, like "yourself" is this definite thing, like a toaster or something. Like you can know what it is, even.

Molly: You should always just be youself.
Aisling: That's a movie thing to say, not a real life thing to say.

This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.

Shinji: I'm a coward. I'm cowardly, sneaky, and weak!
Misato: No. Only if you think you are, but if you know yourself, you can take care of yourself.

You make each day a special day. You know how; by just your being you. There's only one person in this whole world like you. And people can like you exactly as you are.

Your only validation is in living your own life

Vicarious existence is a fucking waste of time
Guns N' Roses, "Don't Damn Me"

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