Leigh Bardugo

Shadow and Bone' was my first book, and I think I was unconsciously echoing a lot of the fantasy that I had grown up with, which sets a kind of default for straight white characters. And that's something I've tried to improve on as I write, to write more authentically and reflect the people around me in the world, around me more realistically.

Israeli Author

Toni Collette

I'm starting to realise that there are certain themes that I return to, those being that there is no such thing as normal, and people finding their voice and living authentically. And also that you can be influenced and helped through an extended family.

Australian Actress

Sarah Hay

I think that 'Flesh and Bone' represents the dance world very authentically. There's always this aspect of drama put on top of it, and it's showcasing the problems of the dance world, but I've had experiences in reality that were written into the show.

American Actress

Gary Zukav

The only way to become authentically powerful is to create authentic power. You cannot wish, want, or command authentic power into your life, although you can try.

American Author

Yara Shahidi

On a personal level, I think dressing is such a form of expression, and when you do events, it's important to feel as though you are authentically yourself.

Lady Gaga

I always have been an activist for things that were just authentically a part of my life, that I felt connected to.

American Singer

Jazz Jennings

I'm definitely going to make sure that I just continue to live my life authentically.

American Activist

Sarah McBride

Living authentically isn't an act of courage as much as an act of survival.

Sayani Gupta

Women should be portrayed as they are, authentically and truthfully.

Indian Actress

Stephanie Labbe

I just want to live my life genuinely and authentically.

Canadian Footballer

Understand that 'authentically' can imply a deeper cultural connection, not just surface features.

Cultural Nuance

'Authentically' can express emotional sincerity, not just factual truth.

Emotional Depth

Use 'authentically' to discuss accuracy in historical or cultural scenarios.

Historical Accuracy

'Authentically' also highlights efforts to maintain original characteristics.

Preservation Effort

'Authentically' praises the traditional methods used to create something.

Genuine Craftsmanship

For food, 'authentically' refers to dishes made with original ingredients and methods.

Culinary Heritage

'Authentically' conveys living in alignment with one's personal values and beliefs.

Personal Truth

'Authentically' entails being true to oneself in self-expression.

Self-Representation

 And you're not going to get comfortable before you get uncomfortable. I mean, you just have to do it. And young black men, what I'm saying is if someone comes your way, genuinely and authentically, take the invitation. Not everyone is out to get you. Go looking for those people who can see your humanity.

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 such an amazing life I have never been to Yosemite before but I really want to go in the future maybe some of the visitation in national parks will be virtually that's one thing to have it with technology and that's probably fine it's another thing to live it and they say authentically experience the

High Tech or No Tech:...

 In spite of what I had been told my whole life, I saw firsthand that people actually did want to see stories about people like me. And that my unrealistic expectations to see myself authentically represented in the culture were other people’s expectations, too.

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 he states, "No one can be authentically human while he prevents others from being so." I've been thinking a lot about this lately, this idea of humanity, and specifically, who in this world is afforded the privilege of being perceived as fully human.

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 Yet, dependence on another to justify our existence easily leads to boredom and power games. To avoid this trap, Beauvoir advised loving authentically, which is more like a great friendship. Lovers support each other in discovering themselves,

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 authentically to those around us we can encourage the disruption of dominant narratives by becoming better listeners and by allowing the voices and the experiences of the most vulnerable among us to shape our worldview and our sense

How to disrupt...

 We can authentically invite our colleagues to the table to come up with a strategy to meet the mission. We can give meaningful feedback to folks along the way, and -- and sometimes most importantly --

How we can help the...

 as she handed out blank notebooks. She said, "Write what you're feeling. Tell the truth. Write like nobody's reading." And just like that, I was invited to show up authentically to my grief and pain.

The gift and power of...

 The professor told me that my characters were too much like him, an educated and middle-class man. My characters drove cars. They were not starving. Therefore they were not authentically African.

Chimamanda Ngozi...

 where they can be helpful. Being of service lets people connect. So -- if we don't have the ability to authentically connect, our society increasingly lacks this ability to authentically connect