Quotes About Exceptionalism

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

Don't be normal, Tiger. Promise me?

You see yourself as very average, ordinary. And there is nothing ordinary about you, Rachel. (Something Borrowed)

In keeping with the exceptionalist vision of nationhood so common in postrevolutionary America, he proclaimed that the founders had put in place a political system more conducive to liberty than any in history. His generation's duty was to preserve this "political edifice" and bequeath it to the future. The greatest danger to its continued existence lay within: "If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher." Where

Known as American exceptionalism, this interpretation casts the colonial period simply as an Anglophone preparation for the United States, defined as a uniquely middle-class society and democracy.

In all the land there is only one you, possibly two, but seldom more than sixteen.

We're at the crossroads. Down one road is a European centralized bureaucratic socialist welfare system in which politicians and bureaucrats define the future. Down the other road is a proud, solid, reaffirmation of American exceptionalism.

We don't sign an artist to fill a void, ever. I'll never find a Taylor Swift. You can't find a new Madonna, you cannot find a Prince, a Bob Marley, a John Lennon. You won't find another Kanye West. We simply deal with people as they walk in, and we say we either love them or we don't.

I always prided myself in being different.

Mediocrity does not befit your true magnitude.

There's a notion I'd like to see buried: the ordinary person. Ridiculous. There is no ordinary person.

You do not merely want to be considered the best of the best. You want to be considered the only ones that do what you do.

Why fit in when you're born to stand out?

Qué va, the boy said. There are many good fisherman and some great ones. But there is only you.

I want to find the candidates who understand the principles of American exceptionalism and have the character, the courage, and the confidence to actually lead the greatest nation in the world.

The belief that the law will never 'catch up' to technology is borne in part of tech exceptionalism, a libertarian elitism that derides any kind of legal or regulatory impediment as Luddism.

In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.

But people who fundamentally change are rare, in my experience, because it's bloody hard work compared to going on a march or waving a flag. Have we met a single person on this case who's radically different to the person they were forty years ago?" "I don't know . . . I think I've changed," said Robin, then felt embarrassed to have said it out loud. Strike looked at her without smiling for the space it took him to chew and swallow a chip, then said, "Yeah. But you're exceptional, aren't you?

Hay una gran competitividad en el nivel ordinario, pero no hay casi ninguna en el nivel extraordinario.

Be a virtuoso. A standout. An exceptionalist.

managing your morning well is a main skill of exceptionalists

Be a virtuoso. A standout. An exceptionalist. The Top 5% are a lot less concerned with fame, cash and approval and a lot more invested in punching above their weight class within their craft, playing above their pay grade around their talents and creating the kind of productivity that inspires—and serves—millions. That's often why they make millions. So never mail it in. Always bring it on.

When mediocrity is common, create masterwork.

The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that.