It used to bother me - having bigger, fuller brows. I even plucked them once so I'd fit in, but I hated them and couldn't wait for them to grow back. Now I embrace them. I realized the quirky things that make you different are what make you beautiful.
Interpretation
Embracing individuality and unique traits can lead to a sense of beauty and self-acceptance.
In this quote, Lily Collins reflects on her past insecurities regarding her fuller brows and how societal beauty standards influenced her to try to conform. However, she eventually recognized that her unique features are what make her beautiful, emphasizing the importance of self-acceptance and celebrating one’s individuality rather than conforming to societal pressures.
In practice
In a motivational talk about self-esteem, to encourage embracing one's unique features.
For me, true beauty has nothing to do with wrinkles and everything to do with the fact that my maternal grandmother raised five children just after the war and remained a fighter throughout her life. True beauty is the slick of red lipstick my paternal grandmother would put on before going to church on Sunday.
If you are ever wondering, 'If I have thinner thighs and shinier hair will I be happier?' you just need to meet a group of models because they have the thinnest thighs and the shiniest hair and the coolest clothes and they're the most physically insecure women on the planet.
When I was young and beautiful, I never appeared on the cover of a magazine.
The right hairstyle can make a plain woman beautiful and a beautiful woman unforgettable.
I'm in the public eye, so I don't care who knows what I get done. If I see something sagging, dragging, or bagging, I get it sucked, tucked, or plucked.
Beauty is God's handwriting — a wayside sacrament; welcome it in every fair face, every fair sky, every fair flower, and thank for it Him.
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