Quotes About Uniqueness

I have no idea why my mom picked Bob, and I've never asked her. My name used to get slaughtered all the time by other people. I was 'Desmond' or 'Damon' or 'Demon.' So Bob's cool.

You're not going to see people like this again for a long time, he said and I said I always saw people like this & he looked at me for a moment and said, You're not from around here, are you?

We have to put in our time every day to try and achieve and learn so that we can develop our talents and each of you, thank goodness, have special talents; each of you are special persons.

Freakishness could happen to anyone at any time.

I think every market has lot of things in common, and at the same time, every market has lot of different things.

To speak from a particular place and time is not provincialism but part of a writer's identity.

Besides, animals don't even have time. Only humans have time. It's what makes us different.

I am happy that I am a unique individual, endowed with unique talents and abilities. I never spend my precious time and energy comparing my talents with those of others.

By the time I was 13, I was the only one in London, Ontario, who knew how to play rock n' roll.

Any time you're a type, your career's over.

Hearing myself so much all the time, I don't think I sound that special all the time because it's me.

You can't beat everyone up all the time with the same brush

I have always felt a little strange about it being so unique that I'm not a train wreck. Like, this weird fluke that I'm not - partying all the time.

It is time of individualities now. Good performing skills are not enough now, you may sing better or worse - tons of good singers are waiting outside - it doesn't matter. You have to be different!

There will come a time when nobody reads my books and no one remembers who I was. And in the meantime, I'll do it my way.

People compared Garden State to the Graduate, but when was the last time you saw Dustin Hoffman doing what I do?

I never had the influence of any other singer in my music, so I sounded like myself all the time.

When you're that tall, people talk about it all the time.

The statement is that I'm not one icon. I'm every icon. I'm an icon that is made out of all the colors on the palette at every time.

We're just people Jo he said quietly. Yeah I suppose. People with fangs who drink blood live a long time and apparently do crafts. She shook her head.

My style when I was younger was still unique to me. I didn't necessarily dress by the trends, but I was always aware of what was trendy at the time and how I could apply it to my own sense of style.

And then, also, when you're doing something that doesn't sound like anything else on the radio at the time, you almost need to, like, ironclad it to make sure it gets through, you know?

I always knew that there was something that made me different, and by the time I was in high school, I understood what it was.

And then there is Cate Blanchett. She is different all the time.