Quotes About Individuality

Becoming Original is not the easiest path in the Pursuit of Happiness, but it leaves us perfectly poised for the Happiness of Pursuit.

Reinforce freedom of choice: sometimes people resist, not because they are dismissing the argument, but because they are rejecting the feeling of their behavior being controlled. It helps to respect their autonomy by reminding them that it's up to them to choose what they believe.

Ser original no implica ser el primero... solo significa ser diferente y mejor.

The principle of optimal distinctiveness: we look for ways to fit in and stand out. A popular way to achieve optimal distinctiveness is to join a unique group.... Studies show that people identify more strongly with individuals and groups that share unique similarities. The more rare a group, value, interest, skill, or experience is, the more likely it is to facilitate a bond. And research indicates that people are happier in groups that provide optimal distinctiveness.

even Michael, who never stopped trying to want what we wanted for him. How could he? We're not individuals. We're haunted by the living as well as the dead.

the things that make us human: freedom, art, choice, identity, expression, love. And

Even if we walked this path side by side, we must act alone on the outside, while on the inside, we would be holding hands.

I know this," the Second Mate said. "A sexy girl thinks she can do anything.

Where we are from, he said, stories are factual. If a farmer is declared a music virtuoso by the state, everyone had better start calling him maestro. And secretly, he'd be wise to start practicing the piano. For us, the story is more important than the person. If a man and his story are in conflict, it is the man who must change....But in America, people's stories change all the time. In America, it is the man who matters.

I've sung other people's music all my life.

The biggest risk I've ever taken is going on American Idol and trying to be myself. I wasn't going to try too hard to conform, and I knew that it could possibly not work out.

'Come out' is so funny to me because I've never been in.

Desormie, ahead of me, hummed out a melody with lipfart percussion and aggressively dance-walked and thought it was strutting.

It's much more interesting to embrace who you really are rather than waste energy pretending to be someone else.

Spotykam ludzi – z rozros?ymi barki, Z piersi? szerok?, z oty?ymi karki; Jako zwierz?ta i drzewa pó?nocy, Pe?ni czerstwo?ci i zdrowia, i mocy. Lecz twarz ka?dego jest jak ich kraina, Pusta, otwarta i dzika równina;(...).

We make ourselves out of the demands others make of us, and out of whatever else we can use.

No amount of "evidence" or research will convince the unamused that a joke is funny.

Intelligence: Born Smart, Born Equal, Born Different

Some of them are wearing skirts that I'm pretty sure are supposed to be belts.

I've been around many girls who have been super outgoing. And a lot of times, they would say to me, "Why are you so quiet? What's wrong with you?" And I'm like, "I don't know. That's just the way I am." So if I found the perfect girl she would totally get that and say, "You're quiet, and that's the way I love you.

There is no old Adam Young, there is no new Adam Young, merely different colors and different brushstrokes over the same canvas.

Abstract art involves complex layers and perspectives. To be distinct and hold a truly personalized view point, every element in the piece must be devised to be claimed as entirely mine. Meaning it's all based on sculpture, because most of what we know of photography involves capturing someone else's work, which I dislike.

I'm smiling because I know perfectly well what I am and I honestly don't give a damn what you think of me

I've never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the majority of women and I'm very proud of that.