Quotes About Distinctiveness

I've always felt like I work in a small little area that doesn't represent anything like the rest of society.

I know my flavor's going to work because I just know there's not a lot of guys like me around. So you got to figure out what's that about you.

My movies work because not many people in Hollywood are like me.

We [the United States] are not every other country. And models that work elsewhere may not have the same impact here.

When I see people on the street, I look at how they walk. It's like a signature, a fingerprint.

In the nineties, it was common to see people who expressed themselves through one designer - the Jil Sander woman, the Martin Margiela woman. You saw her on the street, and you knew who she was.

I don't want to come in and do something that's been done before. You know, for me, it's not that I wouldn't come in and do a sequel to something, but it's only if I can bring something new to the table and I'm not following an extremely strict path.

In this world, one thing you should definitely strive for is originality. Just be who you are, and be your own person. That's what will make you stand out.

I do strive to find projects that are trying to carve out some new space. I enjoy projects that leap away from the crowd a little bit.

I do feel strongly that we have got to do a little brand-positioning work. Wouldn't it be great to have something that everybody could say: 'Yep, that's Chicago.'

Most of all, I am struck by an irony central to the lot of a purebred dog: As it attains the hallmarks of its breed, it seems to simultaneously relinquish its basic dogginess, until it is less a dog than a Pomeranian, Collie or Bloodhound.

Of course, every game and opponent is different.

Since I know how crazy this business is, I do the opposite of what I see other people doing.

Growing up, a lot of people wore baggy stuff. I went in the opposite direction. Just trying to be different.

I like being different and having options.

I named my album 'So Uncool' because it defies the ordinary: you're different from everyone else. It's like, being uncool makes you cool because you're different!

I think it's my nature to try and make original content, and that's what I've done, is just try and approach things in an original way, and do things differently.

If they haven't heard it before it's original.

I'm constantly trying to be as original as I can.

My fans are like no other. Completely original people.

I think originality is something that's important and catches people's eye.

I have always loved originality.

The building's identity resided in the ornament.

I don't want to have to wear the same outfit that the other fighters wear. I don't want to blend in.