Quotes About Uniqueness

I used to brush aside when people used to say 'Poonam, you're different.' It was much later that I realised, I was different.

I think realising that you're individual and unique is really amazing.

We all exist in our own personal reality of craziness.

I may be goofy, I may be corny, and I may be cheesy, but I'm me.

I was exposed to jazz and blues and gospel and country music and rock, and I was the only kid I knew who knew about that stuff.

Not everybody's life is like 'Gossip Girl.'

You gotta have a gimmick.

I ad lib. I've gotta bring my own into it.

You can't have 12 records on your album and none of them sound alike. You gotta kind of have something to make them say, 'That sounds like Rakim.'

I'm not mainstream. You gotta find me.

You gotta do things your own way. You have to find your own path. You have to take what appeals to you and leave all the rest.

Being the first to do something like this also registers a lot of attention that the line might not have gotten if all four books had just appeared from one company.

I've gotten to a point where I wouldn't direct someone else's material. It would only be something totally original.

Me, I like to go against the grain.

It's always great to play a character that goes against the grain. Finn defies what people think when they think of stormtroopers.

I always went left to what everybody else was doing. I'm used to going against the grain.

Bryce Canyon isn't as famous as the Grand Canyon, but it is just incredible - nothing compares to it.

My father is Emmit and my grandfather is Emmit, but I wanted something extra so I could separate my Emmitt from the rest of them. Even though on my birth certificate it has one T, I just added the extra T for me.

Males and females are unique and different, because their brains are different. There's not a limitation on girls. My grandmother was very strong, and so was my mother. She also knew what it meant to be a woman and wife and was very successful at it.

When you're biracial, people sort of make you gray - you're not black, you're not white, you're sort of gray; you're 'other.' And I'm fortunate to have parents that were strong enough to say, 'You're not 'other.' You're special.'

I think anytime you can do something you haven't seen or done in a film before, it's always a great day as an actor.

It has cost me a great deal to become myself. I don't want to be another person.

Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.

Great music and great artists create their own music and look and are not manufactured.