I have to be in a relationship in order to be intimate. I'm not the one-night-stand kind of girl. Despite the rumors.
People's ideas and fears can make them small but they cannot make you small. People's prejudices can diminish them but they cannot diminish you. Small-minded people can think they determine your worth. But only you can determine your worth.
You do have to do business with and to try to influence people you don't agree with, or find disagreeable, so it's important to stress that balance.