Standing in front of people and asking them to like you
"I grew up a fat kid and was teased quite a bit. I grew up with no self-image at all. I wasn't dealing with who I was. If you were interested in art -- choir, theater -- you had to be around the white kids. It took years to accept me and what I look like -- too tall, too fat, speaks too well, not well enough. I think a person's goal to be happy and content is to be content with themselves. What you think about yourself is extremely important."
| A quote from "The Bluest Eye" actor Adrian Bailey in Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan's Durham Sun article "'Bluest Eye' is play that tries to refute 'American lie'"
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