Quotes About Individuality

The minute I was told what to do at any age, I did the opposite. Hopefully I'll do that for the rest of my life.

I've heard people say I'm a Curry and that helped me get where I am. Sometimes I think it's the opposite.

The biggest way to say, philosophically, you'll never be part of a war is to look completely the opposite of anyone in a war.

What I love about New York is that everyone is in their own world. It's the opposite of L.A. - there, everyone is looking outside of themselves to see who's next to them. What's great about New York is that you get to be anonymous.

Since I know how crazy this business is, I do the opposite of what I see other people doing.

Obviously I've gone out of my way in my career to not look good, so it's always nice to, every once in a while, get the opposite going.

I can't wait until I have my children. I love the idea that they don't have to do something that they have no interest in, that they can do something completely opposite if they want to.

Success brings with it pressure to conform. I always thought that success would lead to freedom, but the opposite is true: more people get involved, and committees make decisions, and it becomes a fight to stay free.

Everything about acting was either the opposite of my personality or it just didn't seem like something I wanted to be a part of.

I've always been the opposite of mainstream. I march to my own beat. It's the only way I know.

Growing up, a lot of people wore baggy stuff. I went in the opposite direction. Just trying to be different.

If anyone says, 'Let's have a girls' night out,' I will run in the opposite direction.

Of the opposite sex, I have the moustache and, in general, the face.

Dressing up is a bore. At a certain age, you decorate yourself to attract the opposite sex, and at a certain age, I did that. But I'm past that age.

Mourinho and Zidane are very different, one could say they are opposites. But it's not like one is bad and the other is good.

People say, 'You should let your hair out; you shouldn't be oppressed - you're not in Malaysia anymore. You should show your curves and be proud of it.' But I am proud - it's my choice to cover up my body. I'm not oppressed - I'm free.

I don't think I'm the 'Oprah' type.

People have often asked me, do I want to be the next Oprah - there is no such thing. Oprah is Oprah, and she's still being Oprah if anybody hasn't noticed... what I bring to TV is myself... I really think there's space in daytime TV for a whole bunch of fun, some amazing music, and some heart.

How proud I am to be compared to Oprah. I really admire her. She's a minority woman and she's done all this by herself... I'm very happy to be Oprah with salsa and not Donahue in drag.

You could be a woman in Alabama who's a conservative Christian, or you could be a total crunchy-granola woman in Seattle and 20 years old, and both of you would watch Oprah.

Whenever someone says I'm the next Oprah, I always respond, 'Child, there's only one Mahogany, and only one Oprah.' There are no others.

I nickname my cars. Most of the time, it doesn't make any sense. One of my Benzes I call Justin Bieber. My Maybach is Oprah.

In my opinion, no single design is apt to be optimal for everyone.

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