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.
There is such a thing as too much beauty in a woman and it is often a burden as crippling as homeliness and far more dangerous. It takes much luck and integrity to survive the gift of perfect beauty, and its impermanence is its most cunning betrayal.
To me, we are the most beautiful creatures in the whole world. Black people. And I mean that in every sense.
The right hairstyle can make a plain woman beautiful and a beautiful woman unforgettable.
You can be gorgeous at thirty, charming at forty, and irresistible for the rest of your life.
The most important beauty is not that with which you were born, but the beauty of character which grows through a woman's life and maybe never stops growing.
Our noses are broad, our lips are thick, our hair is nappy-we are black and beautiful!
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