"why are trying so hard to fit in, when you're born to stand out"
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78 quotes about individuality
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individuality Quotes
"The world is before you, and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in."
"A truly good person will speak truth, act with truth, and stand for Truth. A truly good person is not afraid to think from their heart; therefore, allowing nonconformist decisions, viewpoints, and perspectives to lead their life. By following their heart, they stand with their conscience, and only with God."
"Christ delves far beyond the means of superficiality, not simply because of his immaculate love, but also because he considers the distinct cases of each individual rather than withholding a broadened perception by use of stereotypes."
"Dance above the surface of the world. Let your thoughts lift you into creativity that is not hampered by opinion."
"It kills me how these days everyone has clinical justification for their strangeness."
"It is not true that everyone is special. It is true that everyone was once special and still possesses the ability to recover it."
"A fit, healthy body—that is the best fashion statement"
"the worst thing,"he told me,"is bitterness, people end up sobitter."
"I don't fit into any stereotypes. And I like myself that way."
"My head’ll explode if I continue with this escapism."
"At present nothing is possible except to extend the area of sanity little by little. We cannot act collectively. We can only spread our knowledge outwards from individual to individual, generation after generation."
"Maybe you could be mine / or maybe we’ll be entwined / aimless in this sexless foreplay."
"[novan]: bassists are very good with their fingers[novan]: and some of us sing backup vocals, so that means we're good with our mouths too...(~ IM chat with Novan Chang, 18, bassist)"
"I suppose it’s not a social norm, and not a manly thing to do — to feel, discuss feelings. So that’s what I’m giving the finger to. Social norms and stuff…what good are social norms, really? I think all they do is project a limited and harmful image of people. It thus impedes a broader social acceptance of what someone, or a group of people, might actually be like."
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."
"I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine."
"Books turn people into isolated individuals, and once that's happened, the road only grows rockier. Books wire you to want to be Steve McQueen, but the world wants you to be SMcQ23667bot@hotmail.com."
"Each of us is full of shit in our own special way. We are all shitty little snowflakes dancing in the universe."
"You don't read Gatsby, I said, to learn whether adultery is good or bad but to learn about how complicated issues such as adultery and fidelity and marriage are. A great novel heightens your senses and sensitivity to the complexities of life and of individuals, and prevents you from the self-righteousness that sees morality in fixed formulas about good and evil."