Quotes About Individuality

I chose to do something everyone else was rubbish at in the hope that I would shine," he said.

doesn't mean to say we are always going to be crazy either. Simply that we are back on that line, jostling for position with everyone else who claims to be normal.

A friend once suggested that I paint my own blue boat and name her Thirteen Whistling Pigs. I might not be as superstitious as some, but I'm not crazy.

She didn't forgive him, not then. Not really until years later when she realized how men were so influenced by their peers and governments. This was something Ruth, a woman who could stand alone in the world, would never understand.

You don't have to be single to be independent. And you don't have to be married to be loved.

I can't be a man. But I can embrace the head of a man, the intelligence of a man, the spirit of a man.

I was always trying to make up for my size, to compensate. So to get people to take you seriously, you have to come at things with a great deal of strength. You have to emphasize that the way you are is unusual. That you don't come along every day.

It's one thing to expect teachers to challenge each child, and expect kids to do their best. It's another to expect that the best will be the same for everyone.

The thing you have to be prepared for is that other people don't always dream your dream.

and a new dress because her asshole husband had bought an ugly funeral outfit she was stuck in for eternity

All of this internet activity creates a feeling of community, a feeling of actual connection, and therefore has within in it, if you are authentic, if you are true, real risk. But what is this risk?... The risk, it might be argued, according to psychology, is to the ego, who might want a voice that is not one of many, but singular, unique. In this time of so-many-voices-talking, how does one become heard? And what, really, is important to hear?

Possibly from the outside this looks determinedly individual. Nobody realises what a mess of loneliness and inadequacy I am inside.

Beauty is grace and confidence. I've learned to accept and appreciate what nature gave me.

My mom is going to kill me for talking about sleeping with people. But I don't want to put myself in the position where I'm in a monogamous relationship right now. I'm not dating just one person. 'Sex and the City' changed everything for me because those girls would sleep with so many people.

We each have a story to tell, I know; so let each one take his turn.

This love is not a melting of self, a softened apprehension of the other. The loved one need not meet my gaze, acknowledge my presence, approve or know of me.

When I work alone, it can be like dabbling with a canvas. Maybe you paint over bits, and it starts to form its own life and lead you off in a direction. It becomes an intuitive, subconscious process.

When I work alone, my process is like painting. With Fleetwood Mac, it's more like movie making.

I despise women who rely on men entirely for their own existence.

I don't think I'm cut out for a job where you have to look professionally tidy. I prefer working in my pajamas and taking showers after lunch.

A monster. You and your friends, all of you. Pretty monsters. It's a stage all girls go through. If you're lucky you get through it without doing any permanent damage to yourself or anyone else.

I'd be flattered if someone said that my work is "too weird" for them. I value the uncompliment.

Having multiple personalities is the only way I can justify talking to myself.

Mathematics is the most beautiful world. Everyone has their own entry key and the freedom to discover as much of it as they want.