Quotes About Uniqueness

car chacun, ici comme ailleurs, naît avec sa loi propre ; ici comme ailleurs, chaque destinée est particulière et pourtant il faut se soumettre à ce morne destin commun ; quelques-uns résistent : d'où ces drames sur lesquels les familles font silence. Etre soi-même ? répétai-je, mais nous ne le sommes que dans la mesure où nous nous créons.

Faith had always told herself that she was not like other ladies. But neither, it seemed, were other ladies.

This is the young lady with the printed heart.

Life isn't that simple. People aren't that simple. You can't cut them into slices like a cake, then throw away the bits you don't like.

La experiencia nunca puede ser compartida. Se sirve en envases individuales.

My stories are not story shaped, they're me shaped.

I'm not interested in pop art.

Our souls set us apart from every other living creature, and that makes us unique. It also makes us fully human.

I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.

Sure, but why does it have to be in MY lifetime? {when told that a voice like Frank Sinatra's came only once in a lifetime]

And worse than the hurt of not being someone special is the shame of it, the shame of how much I want that, to be someone special.

What's important is to be myself! To dream doesn't mean putting yourself in a box. It means realizing the essence... of what you really want to do.

You must strive for individuality!! Got that?! Strive!

Each of us is full of sh*t in our own special way. We are all sh*tty little snowflakes dancing in the universe.

The more intelligent one is, the more men of originality one finds. Ordinary people find no difference between men.

The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.

People, she realized, had rhythms, too. Unique ways of behaving and talking.

These companies were searching for something indefinable and immeasurable, something that went beyond the standard definitions of success in business, something that could easily be lost unless it was protected against the homogenizing influences brought to bear on every company. I call that quality mojo. (See the introduction.) If you are not involved in helping to generate mojo, you have nothing to contribute except, perhaps, capital, and the capital usually comes at too high a price.

People, remember this: no matter what your training, no matter what your skills, no matter what area you're in, you are your most important commodity. The most valuable gift you have to offer is you.

Don't let them change you....or even re-arrange you.

After God made you, he stepped back and said, "This is a great one!

It's the imperfections that make something beautiful. That's what makes it different and unique from everything else.

We each see the world in our own way. That's what makes it such a special place.

If we all painted the same way, what a boring world it would be.