We women continue to swallow this line that it's unladylike or even proof of being a lesbian if you wear flat shoes like Doc Martens. I'm prepared to put up with that accusation, because at least my feet aren't killing me and I don't look like a bandy ostrich.
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Related When I'm running fast, I don't feel anything, it's effortless, it's like my feet don... EVELYN ASHFORD Some people are really proud of me, and some don't like it. I don't really know what to tell... BRYSON TILLER If you have a pair of shoes that hurt, don't wear them. The ugliest thing that I think I've ... KELLY ROWLAND I will make up a crush, you hear me?! I will look at a guy and say, for two months at least, 'I ... ESTER DEAN There's something about being rejected - when I go out without my friends, I'm reminded of h... JASON RITTER I really can't describe what my stand-up is like - people see it and they say it's like that... DYLAN MORAN I'm just going to be myself; there's no reason for me to try and go out there and put a cert... PAIGE VANZANT I don't like telephones: I don't like when they ring. Just because it rings, you have to pic... DOUGLAS COUPLAND Worst part of being a writer: having to tell my toddler that I can't play with her because I'... CHELSEA CAIN My mum used to always dress me and my sister in matching Laura Ashley dresses. And I'd be like, ... AGYNESS DEYN I think there are different kinds of comedians, and I prefer the clowns who are going: 'I'm ... MIRANDA HART I don't like the trappings of stardom. I wear the shoes and the Dolce & Gabbana, because I... SHAH RUKH KHAN I don't really like to call myself a brand, and I don't like to think of myself as a brand. ... BEYONCE KNOWLES I've always loved doing covers. Some artists don't like covers. Some listeners don't lik... GREG LASWELL Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON If people don't like me for whatever I do, for being me, then that's too bad. I don't wa... VANESSA HUDGENS It's like people call me a rock star or this or that. And I go, 'Don't call me that. I d... MEAT LOAF Putting on a movie is like going to war - for me, at least. It's all about time; time is money, ... LEE DANIELS People look at me like I should have been like Malcolm X or Martin Luther King or Rosa Parks. I shou... RODNEY KING I would say that my fatal flaw, as a human being, is that I need people to like me, and if they don&... DAMON LINDELOF Sometimes I'm so tired, I look down at what I'm wearing, and if it's comfortable enough ... REBECCA ROMIJN I don't look at 'Vogue' to ask what I'm going to wear. Because it's something on... ISABELLA ROSSELLINI I don't think of myself as a brand. Branding to me feels like a position or identity that's ... DAVID ROCKWELL It's really hard for me to sometimes put myself out there, like 'Hey, how do you feel about ... BETH DITTO All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... becaus... TAMMY BALDWIN I ain't want my kids to grow up and call me Thug. I don't want anybody to kind of look at me... YOUNG THUG What I don't like so much is people who - how do you say this? - who make judgments over the gen... JOHN DE MOL, JR. I like women who look like women. I hated grunge. No one's more feminist than me, but you don... CATHERINE ZETA-JONES I don't like messing up. I think that's just a part of my personality. I don't like to m... JACOB DALTON I don't go to clubs and stuff like that, so I don't have to put up with it in there. And nor... BUBBA SMITH You're allowed to make things for women on television, and there's not like... you don't... CALLIE KHOURI I have no deep-seated desire to be famous; that's not what's driving me, so if it's some... CAM I think my thing is that... I don't know. And that's why I don't wanna sing about 'T... ZARA LARSSON If there is something that strikes me as interesting or beautiful or something I could learn from, a... TAVI GEVINSON It's nice to have a few names. I use a few names myself. I use a few different surnames. I call ... AIDAN GILLEN I'm very proud of being a woman, and as a woman, I don't even like the word 'feminism... EVANGELINE LILLY People who don't like me talk about it as though I'm trash because I have tattoos. I find th... MEGAN FOX I talk to younger actor types, and they bring up that word, 'brand,' and it's like, '... ZACH GALIFIANAKIS I don't have Facebook; I don't have Twitter. I don't have anything because, believe it o... WISSAM AL MANA I like to wear whatever I like. I don't care about others' judgment or if it's right or ... ISABELI FONTANA I don't like my whole life dragged out. I don't want anyone to know about me, because I don&... LILLY PULITZER It's hard because people often don't recognise shyness; they think it's just someone bei... KARIN SLAUGHTER I have very vivid dreams, and often - this happens to me at least a few times a week - I don't k... EUGENIE BOUCHARD I was brought up by my mum and my sister. I've always been around independent women; I like that... AARON TAYLOR-JOHNSON There aren't reasons why you like this song or this piece of music, or don't like it. It'... ETHAN COEN This stand wasn't because I feel like I'm being put down in any kind of way. This is because... COLIN KAEPERNICK I don't like it when people who are young act like they're 40. That's taking too much on... TAYLOR SWIFT I'm always like, 'I can't believe I sound like my mother.' I remember running out of... EILEEN DAVIDSON I feel like everything I wear is a favorite thing. I wouldn't wear something if I didn't lov... DAKOTA JOHNSON I know that, for me, I need to try to cover myself while breastfeeding so that no one snaps a pictur... KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN There's a lot of projection that if you're in service then you shouldn't look good. I... ZAINAB SALBI You can't compete with hip-hop. That doesn't mean I don't want to be as big as a rap sta... BRANDON FLOWERS It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON Never say never. I always want to look like myself - that's key for me. I don't want to look... COURTNEY THORNE-SMITH It's tough for me to get rid of clothes. I grew up in a household with a limited budget and we r... WILL FERRELL I realised that if you get yourself labeled as the funny one, people don't look any further. I... CATHERINE TATE We don't do things we aren't good at by nature. I wouldn't play basketball because I'... DANICA PATRICK I don't like the whole off-and-on thing. I don't like 'taking a break.' Either you... SELENA GOMEZ The way that I look at it is that, when we film for eight months straight for a new 'Jackass'... BAM MARGERA I don't always wear underwear. When I'm in the heat, especially, I can't wear it. Like, ... NAOMI CAMPBELL I love to get to that place where I don't know what kind of music I'm doing; I don't kno... ARIEL PINK Team sports aren't my thing. I find it easier to pick something up if I can do it at my own spee... HARUKI MURAKAMI I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX There's always a side of me that goes, 'I'm just a nerd.' I never look at myself and... HEATHER GRAHAM We make music for a living. Like I've always said, if you like what you're doing, you're... EDDIE VAN HALEN I'm not your typical quarterback. I don't like when people say, 'Quarterbacks aren't... COLIN KAEPERNICK I'm a flirt by nature, and I like flirting with that line of what's passable and what's ... KATHERINE RYAN If I'm extremely bored and I don't have a book with me and I'm being an obnoxious teenag... TAVI GEVINSON Honestly, I don't look at it as work because I have way too much fun on set to actually classify... BILLY UNGER If I probably didn't have tattoos, or if I probably didn't bleach my hair, or if I probably ... GUY FIERI When I'm watching somebody act, it's a behavior editorial function - I look at someone act, ... DAVID FINCHER I'm not particularly needy, and I'm not particularly anxious. I don't look for a directo... CATE BLANCHETT I'm fascinated with myself and love hearing the sound of my own voice. I'd like to hear what... GENE SIMMONS There is something that feels stagnant about having things you don't use or wear. But shoes are ... LESLIE BIBB I'm spoilt. I like my own space. I don't even own a microwave, and men don't like that. ... MARIE HELVIN I definitely don't like anyone messing with my friends or loved ones. I'm quick to step up t... BLAIR REDFORD Australians aren't really that crazy; in L.A. you get a little crazier. From my experience at le... BRODY JENNER I'm trying to figure myself out through my movies. Whether it's big stuff like what we'r... JASON REITMAN I don't look at negative comments because my parents and family don't let me. My big sister ... MILLIE BOBBY BROWN I'm a huge NASCAR fan, but I'm not a gearhead. I've never been into fixing cars. It'... LARRY THE CABLE GUY I actually don't wear fragrance. I always feel like I smell cheap. I guess I just haven't fo... EMILY RATAJKOWSKI I don't see myself going out in sweats, dropping Barron at school in sweats - it's just not ... MELANIA TRUMP It's fascinating that people, there's so many people now who will make judgments based on wh... CLARENCE THOMAS I don't like going to the gym because I don't like being with people I don't know in tha... UTADA HIKARU For a long time, I refused to wear jeans. I liked high-waisted pants, but jeans made me feel like I ... ELLE FANNING I'm kinda secretive, and I can't even say secretive because of my son. He's the type, li... REMY MA It's just a blessing from above. I can't stress that enough, because I don't feel like i... D'BRICKASHAW FERGUSON I don't really do glasses. It's a good look, but I'm not big on wearing clear glasses fo... TREY SONGZ I love driving, but sometimes, I'm not too good at it because I spend too much time looking in t... ASHLEY OLSEN I'm active even on bad days; it's tough to pin me down. People ask me if I'm a morning o... BIPASHA BASU I don't think you should be allowed to eat in a restaurant if you haven't waited tables at l... LIZZY CAPLAN For me, I would prefer to not have my face on the album cover. I don't mind being in the public,... FLUME I really - I don't take my work that seriously, and I think that's what keeps me loose. If I... ELMORE LEONARD I always feel like I wasn't the best trainer, because I'm really good at teaching people stu... DANIEL BRYAN I'm being mocked because I don't live up to a socially determined view of what other people ... WALLACE SHAWN I don't believe in categorising a gender, as it makes for discord. People always say, 'That&... NATASCHA MCELHONE If I have my opinion about something, you have your opinion about something, we don't have to fi... DON LEMON I don't be remembering women that I've met before. I don't remember people as a whole. I... WALE 'Stay With Me,' for me, is my own personal anthem to the 'walk of shame...' that we&... SAM SMITH Tell me that you don't like cartoons, and I think there's something wrong with you. I don... JOHN DIMAGGIO
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