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> [You gotta know what you are, who you are and how you want to be portrayed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-mars/you-gotta-know-what-you-are-who-you-are-and-how-you-want-to-be/)

[Bruno Mars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-mars/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/616/bruno-mars-1319_know_you-gotta-know-what-you-are-who-you-are_156072.jpg)

> [So many times we're portrayed in ways that we don't want to be portrayed, in ways that make us seem so ridiculous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justina-machado/so-many-times-we-re-portrayed-in-ways-that-we-don-t-want-to-be/)

[Justina Machado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justina-machado/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90e/justina-machado-47469_ridiculous_so-many-times-we-re-portrayed-in-ways-th_1412175.jpg)

> [I suppose I am reluctant about being any sort of 'star' and I didn't particularly want to be portrayed as one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/i-suppose-i-am-reluctant-about-being-any-sort-of-star-and-i-didn-t/)

[Brian Eno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-eno/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8c/brian-eno-776_reluctant_i-suppose-i-am-reluctant-about-being-any_1972987.jpg)

> [Every time I do something, I think, 'Am I portraying Asian people in the way I want to be portrayed?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronny-chieng/every-time-i-do-something-i-think-am-i-portraying-asian-people-in-the/)

[Ronny Chieng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronny-chieng/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03c/ronny-chieng-11371_asian_every-time-i-do-something-i-think-am-i-p_2331751.jpg)

> [Sometimes, you get portrayed the way you don't want to be portrayed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gina-carano/sometimes-you-get-portrayed-the-way-you-don-t-want-to-be-portrayed/)

[Gina Carano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gina-carano/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fe/gina-carano-11244_portrayed_sometimes-you-get-portrayed-the-way-you_2536306.png)

> [The black community wants to buy things and want to see themselves portrayed in a certain way. And if they don't like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-colter/the-black-community-wants-to-buy-things-and-want-to-see-themselves/)

[Mike Colter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-colter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/317/mike-colter-3338_america_the-black-community-wants-to-buy-things_3014976.jpg)

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