Stephie Pahlavi Zan quote: “I don't need anyone else's approval. If I happen to have admirers, well that is just a plus. I don't require other's …”

“This is awful. I don't know what's going to happen to me or to anyone else in the world.”

Raymond Carver (1938–1988) American short story author and poet

Source: Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories

“If your partner happens to be the same sex as you, I don't have a problem with that and I don't think anyone else should.”

Michael Franti (1966) American rapper

Interview with CollageFoundation.org
Context: I'm glad Bush is coming out so strongly against gay marriage, because I think it's time in this country for people to wake up... If your partner happens to be the same sex as you, I don't have a problem with that and I don't think anyone else should. We're not doing a service to our kids by cloistering them from reality. It's better to discuss reality.

“I have to be honest here, I'm not really interested in selling records to people who are homophobic. I don't need the approval of people who don't approve of me.”

George Michael (1963–2016) English singer-songwriter, musician, producer

Interview with Oprah Winfrey (2004), reported in Luke Henriques Gomes, " George Michael: from tortured star to pop icon http://thenewdaily.com.au/entertainment/music/2016/12/26/george-michael-bathroom-incident/", The New Daily (December 26, 2016).