Quotes About Individuality

I think I am a rare breed, a homosexual who doesn't like men.

le monde en général et deux membres de sa famille en particulier allaient voir qui il était et quelles que fussent leurs réactions il allait rester comme il avait décidé qu'il serait à tout jamais, dérangeant, provocateur et, s'il le fallait, seul.

I'm going to do what you did," it ran, "only I'm going to do it quicker, better and for more money. Because I'm me.

Don't regard my characters as symbols of a determined society. See them as something that sparks a reaction within you so that they become a personal experience. The critic is a spectator and an artist insofar as he transforms the work into a personal thing of his own.

When we say a character in my films doesn't function, we mean he doesn't function as a person, but he does function as a character that is, until you take him as a symbol. At that point it is you who are not functioning. Why not simply accept him as a character, without judging him? Accept him for what he is. Accept him as a character in a story, without claiming that he derives or acquires meaning from that story. There may be meanings, but they are different for all of us.

All the characters in my films are fighting these problems, needing freedom, trying to find a way to cut themselves loose, but failing to rid themselves of conscience, a sense of sin, the whole bag of tricks.

Anyone who follows others never passes them by, and anyone who does not know how to do good works on his own cannot make good use of works by others.

The old-boobs Pamela or the new-boobs Pamela?

That's the thing with the real world. It's never going to be perfect, and I don't have control over that. But I can control how I behave in it, and how I let things affect me. I can choose to be perfect in my own way without having to be perfect in everyone else's eyes. Relying on other people to reflect my worth back to me is a fool's errand.

You listen to me, you daft cow. You are not boring. If you were we wouldn't be friends. You're funny and clever and, yes ,okay, you're a bit of a dingbat sometimes but that doesn't make you boring. The fact that we never know what'll come out of your mouth actually makes you interesting. Now, that's the end of that.

I just think that once you begin to see things the way the camera says is the average way, the way most people want to see them, it can be hard to remember to go back and find your own focus, your own point of view" -Scott

But secrets can also keep things precious. Private. That's what can be hard for people to understand. It can be nice to have something you don't share with the world." -Bridgette

Someone once told me that flaws are what give people real beauty

Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking.

When the designs are chosen with care, tattoos have a power and magic all their own. They decorate the body but they also enhance the soul.

Work hard, be yourself, and have fun!

You will never have to marry for money. You will never have to depend on anyne but yourself.

However, the name Norma Jeane wasn't in the least bit 'star like', so it was decided that it would need to be changed. Ben Lyon told her that she reminded him of the actress Marilyn Miller, and decided he'd like her to be called Marilyn. Monroe was her personal choice, since it was her mother's maiden name.

Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own.

He's always asking: 'Is that new? I haven't seen that before.' It's like, Why don't you mind your own business? Solve world hunger. Get out of my closet.

As most of us have come to learn, however, diets don't work. If you want to be healthy and stay in shape, you eventually have to find a way of eating and exercising that uniquely works for you and that you can integrate into your lifestyle. Likewise, once you have read this book and the clutter-cleaning diet is over. ... pull from it whatever you have found from your experience works and incorporate it into your own clutter-cleaning program. (Chapter 1)

Vind je het erg?' 'Hoe bedoel je?' 'Over... wat ik ben.' Tot zijn verbazing grinnikte ze. 'Torak, je bent een wie, niet een wat! Je bent nog steeds een iemand.

Het is niet eerlijk, dacht Renn. Waarom is híj nou de Luisteraar? Waarom moet híj zo anders zijn?

O beautiful Janie with your straw-colored hair I would follow you anywhere One so beautiful I will never meet again And you're also much stronger than most other men Which is hot, by the way And I'm not intimidated by that at all