Quotes About Individuality

Blackness is not a monolith. We are not homogenous people; we are not all the same.

You can't just say in one sentence what is blackness or what is black culture or what makes you who you are.

My actual real name is Bianca Blair.

I am not a farceur. I am not Blake Edwards.

Parents have to understand: if your kid isn't you, don't blame the kid.

It's very hard for me to find any sort of shame or blame in my life. I'm not made that way.

We can't blame ourselves for how we're shaped. That's how we were born. Embrace it.

As long as you do the best work that you can and not make it bland... because you're going down a lane that is trying to make everybody happy. You have to take an angle on these things.

I have two kids and they were by no means blank slates. One is exactly like me, one is exactly like my wife.

I'm not like any other artist, point blank.

I saw this Facebook video of a boy, probably around seven, wearing a dress he had fashioned from a blanket, sashaying through his house while his mother applauded and cheered him on. He was so proud. It was such a beautiful thing but bittersweet because I knew his spirit would change soon: that he'd become self-aware and ashamed at some level.

I think that I'm a very independent person, so I need somebody who's independent and strong within themselves as well. I don't necessarily need somebody in order to get things done. I don't need a blanket, do you know what I mean?

Being in L.A. is great because there are so many weird people out there, so you can just blend in. I like that.

I don't want to be white. I don't want to be straight. I don't want to blend in.

I wanted to blend in 'cause I knew I was different.

I think a lot of the time when you just see a lot of beautiful girls it kind of just all blends in together. You want something about yourself to stand out.

I don't blend in.

Even now, I change my style and clothes from one day to the next, but during high school I blended in. I think a lot of people are that way. I guess that's why I can write about an array of characters.

I was born in a blender.

I'm not a blender. I don't like people who blend into society.

I've been blessed to be one of those guys who's looked at as a fashion-forward type of guy.

My parents didn't care very much what I did, and that was probably a blessing.

It's such a blessing having no family.

I think I am different from most blind people because my agility is not that of a blind person - I don't shuffle my feet when I walk. In fact, I have no, as I call them, 'blindisms.'