Quotes About Individuality

For me, singing was real life, not two plus two equals four.

Y???n kad?nd?r. Irz?n? teslim edecek bir zorba arar. Çobans?z rahat edemeyen kaz sürüsü.

Non sei mica fascista? - mi disse. Era seria e rideva. Le presi la mano e sbuffai. - Lo siamo tutti, cara Cate, - dissi piano. - Se non lo fossimo, dovremmo rivoltarci, tirare bombe, rischiare la pelle. Chi lascia fare e s'accontenta, è già un fascista

And then we cowards who loved the whispering evening, the houses, the paths by the river, the dirty red lights of those places, the sweet soundless sorrow— we reached our hands out toward the living chain in silence, but our heart startled us with blood, and no more sweetness then, no more losing ourselves on the path by the river— no longer slaves, we knew we were alone and alive. (Translated By Geoffrey Brock)

The only reason why we are always thinking of our own ego is that we have to live with it more continuously than with anyone else's.

nu poti iubi pe cineva mai mult decat pe tine insuti".

Names do not matter. They are only names that chanced to drift my way; if not those, there would have been others

Non si può amare un altro più di se stessi. Chi non si salva da sé, non lo salva nessuno

Quand'ero bambina, invidiavo le donne come Momina, Mariella e le altre, le invidiavo e non sapevo chi fossero. Le immaginavo libere, ammirate, padrone del mondo. A pensarci adesso non mi sarei cambiata con nessuna di loro. La loro vita mi pareva una sciocchezza, tanto più sciocca perché non se ne rendevano conto. Ma potevano far diverso? al loro posto avrei fatto diverso?

Eventually we must give up trying to be something special.

Art begins . . . when someone interprets, when someone sees the world through his own eyes. Art happens when what is seen becomes mixed with the inside of the person who is seeing it.

Art is whether or not there is a scream in him wanting to get out in a special way.

Nasib adalah kesunyian masing-masing

If it wasn't for me, I'd do brilliantly.

A man is born alone and dies alone and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode.

I'm thankful for weird people out there 'cause they're some of the most creative people.

Someone who doesn't take herself too seriously and can be a goofball. Because everyone's a nerd inside, I don't care how cool you are.

The term "queer" is not simply a 1990s recoding of a pre-Stonewall epithet but here refers to a myriad forms of same-sex and other non-normative kinds of desire that have come to inform certain specific identity groups such as gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender individuals, transsexuals, transvestites, cross dressers, drag queens, drag kings, alternative straights and anyone in between.

Mayito began to cry, and it was if my soul had grown a small voice separate from my body.

A satisfactory answer clearly cannot be found in the assumption that each person's actions proceed from an unfettered, autonomous will. The reason for the choice would still have to be discovered. Nor will it do to attribute the difference of choice to different environmental influences in which the "self" is placed. This would indeed be reducing the man to the level of a machine, or to a lower level still. And the same environmental influences do not produce identical results.

Mr. Frank. I want to be called Grace or Grace S., please," Miss Lois said, "Now

Some might think you suicidal." "Well, 'some' can stick it up their ass.

If I have to choose between you and me - I like me better.

Let those I serve express their thanks according to their own upbringing and sense of honor. "The Wisdom of the Native Americans" By Kent Nerburn