Quotes About Individuality

My imperfections make me less mournable.

And I know that's trite. Yes, I'm a reader. Kill me. I could tell you I was raised in the library and the books were my only friends, but I didn't do that, did I? Because I have mercy. I'm neither a genius nor a kid destined to become a wizard. I'm just me. I read stuff. Books are not my only friends, but we're friendly. So there.

But I ask you, wouldn't it be worse if I were perfect ? My imperfections make me less mournable.

Y puede, puede así, que las muertes no sean to­das iguales. Puede que hasta después de la muerte, todos sigamos distintos caminos.

Queda la palabra -Yo- Para esa, por triste, por su atroz soledad, decreto la peor de las penas: vivirá conmigo hasta el final.

I would as soon put a girl alone into a closet to meditate as give her only the society of her needle.

nor can we expect exactly similar results from children whose heredity and experience make them at once more sensitive, more active, and less amenable to

The fundamental principle of scientific pedagogy must be, indeed, the liberty of the pupil;–such liberty as shall permit a development of individual, spontanous manifestations of the child's nature. If

Humanity shows itself in all its intellectual splendour during this tender age as the sun shows itself at the dawn, and the flower in the first unfolding of the petals; and we must respect religiously, reverently, these first indications of individuality. If

From a biological point of view, the concept of liberty in the education of the child in his earliest years must be understood as demanding those conditions adapted to the most favourable development of his entire individuality. So

You can require respect, ask for tolerance but you cannot demand validation

I find a lot of inspiration in street style and watching women walk, the way they wear things and what they're wearing.

Through my travels, I find inspiration in street style and how young women create their individual looks and identity.

I help design my own tennis clothes.

I think it's so cool to be tall. Even when I'm not wearing heels people tell me I'm tall and I always take it as a complement. The good thing is I can always see everybody in the room.

I love street style, seeing how girls wear pieces and how their pair accessories with their outfit. How they pair shoes with a bag and go to day to night and change things up.

It is not the color of the skin that makes the man or the woman, but the principle formed in the soul. Brilliant wit will shine, come from whence it will; and genius and talent will not hide the brightness of its lustre.

En realidad le importaba poco integrarse: el concepto de grupo le parecía más bien de "rebaño". Miraba a sus compañeros de facultad o de residencia y sentía que eran todos iguales. Bueno, quizá por grupos, pero iguales. De un solo vistazo podías saber si leían o no y qué, qué música escuchaban y hasta el tipo de chico o chica con que les gustaría salir. A Laura aquello le parecía aburrido. ¿Qué interés podría tener la gente en parecerse?

El que és segur és que hem guanyat la batalla contra la norma. Ja era hora. ("Ens fem imatges dels fets", Serra d'Or, 1981)

Who knows what the world would be like if we all kept our interests, talents, goals, and dreams alive.

You really have to look inside yourself and find your own inner strength, and say, 'I'm proud of what I am and who I am, and I'm just going to be myself.'

Real men, she decided then and there, wore well-worn flannel, and they never tucked it into their jeans.

None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature offers no clue to the character or quality of the person underneath.

She makes her little house to shine, she thought.