Quotes About Individuality

When I was 5 years old, I was coming up the stairs, and I saw my mom standing there, singing 'A Quiet Thing' a cappella, and it was such a differentiating moment for me. I realized that we are separate from each other - she has dreams and goals.

I'll come down the stairs, and my parents and sister will be like, 'What are you wearing?'

You want to stake your own claim. You don't want to be called a copycat.

I have always been very into pagan hairstyles. If I were alive a long time ago, I would probably have been burned at the stake.

We need people to point out groupthink - We need people to point out stale, old, dumb thinking - and we sometimes need to do that when it's considered dangerous, strange, or, by some, offensive. And we should be, all of us, trying to protect that. It's really important.

Stalin, Lenin, Marx, Mao, Pol Pot, Antifa, Castro, Che Guevara and the like use power to reduce the sanctity of the individual for the common good of the collective. It is a kind of enslavement that degrades the human spirit and makes us poorer over time.

I don't ever leave my garage stall during practice. I don't want to know what other people are doing. I don't look at the scoreboard.

To make personal movies that you are the author of, is quite a difficult thing. It takes a lot of stamina.

I've been told to speed up my delivery when I perform. But if I lose the stammer, I'm just another slightly amusing accountant.

I'm not a shouter, but I like to put my stamp on things.

I don't care if it's somebody else's song. Most of the time, you'll find that I'll put my own stamp on it. But I started writing more because, you know, it's easy to regurgitate what somebody else is doing, but it's exciting to be able to come up with your own writing.

For me to have my little stamp on the sport, of course it's special.

I think too many artists from my era tend to just stamp out a record.

The only way you can learn about making films is by making them, by putting your stamp on the thing.

The impulse for personal adornment is hard to stamp out.

I don't like to use my last name. I don't like it attached to things because people think you can just stamp your name on something, and it's not organic or that you're just doing it for money.

As in many other industries, the luxury fashion consumer increasingly desires to put a personal stamp on important purchases.

I must admit, I don't try to put my stamp on anything; it just happens. I don't really know how to think another way.

I did something that's a no-no in the music industry. I cut my hair. For years, my hair was my stamp. 'Oh, that's the long-haired guy from the Black Eyed Peas.' But when I did it, it was like a breath of fresh air.

AAP's Punjab Convener is not a rubber stamp.

Some people collect stamps; I like fashion, discovering nice new things. I feel good about doing that.

They did offer me a chance of being a V in the crowd, but it's not my scene. I think they just thought it would be fun for me to do that, but I don't know. I heard that Stan Lee appears in every movie of his.

While other kids were into New Kids on the Block, I was into Harold Lloyd and Stan Laurel.

Scarily, I was only about 11 or 12 when my mum pointed out my resemblance to Stan Laurel. I know he's the ultimate loser, but I was happy to hear it.