Asks Quote by Sonia Johnson

I sought the advice and cooperation from all those around me- but not permission.

— Muhammad Ali

I never was a person who let people who have their ideas and their expectations of me dictate who I became.

— Shaquem Griffin

I had a calling to become what I became - I was created to do this.

— La Monte Young

I came to the conclusion that people were just peculiar, I withdrew from them, and never thought about them until I was forced to.

— Harper Lee

Even when I was older, I couldn't stop asking questions.

— Anne Frank

For as long as I remember, I wanted to be someone else. Someone who was acceptable.

— Insane & Insomniac

Whenever my life came to a halt, the questions would arise: Why? And what next?

— Leo Tolstoy

I became my own only when I gave myself to Another.

— C. S. Lewis

I had the inability to ask for help when I needed it. People offered to help me, but I refused. They'd ask 'How are…

— Scott Hall

I had no identity [when I was 27] - I was terrified that somebody would ask me what I was doing, and I would…

— Frances Moore Lappé

I was cut off from the world. There was no one to confuse or torment me, and I was forced to become original.

— Joseph Haydn

How could two normal, stable people have created something like me ... lived with something like me and tolerated something like me.

— Higher Grounds