When you live in an environment where you aren't allowed to be fully who you are, you aren't taken seriously, and you aren't respected. What that actually does to a person's confidence and psyche is really fascinating to me.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The people I respect the least are the ones that take themselves way too seriously.
I think people take me as seriously as I want them to. They take me as seriously as I take myself - let's put it that way.
I actually like, love, and respect myself, and I try not to take anything too seriously.
Society puts so much emphasis on outer appearance, but being confident in yourself and not letting others' opinions affect you is pretty amazing.
I'm always amazed that people take what I say seriously. I don't even take what I am seriously.
I take everything very seriously, but I also take it lighthearted to recognize that you can't control it.
You can't respect yourself if you're afraid to be who you are.
I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave - and nothing but laughter to console them with.
I find it odd that people take me seriously.
I think when you're put into a completely different situation and environment, you really see who you are. You're not affected by what's around you. You are who you are.