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Quotes About Rebel

In an interview in the Paris Review, novelist and Rebel John Gardner made an observation that I've never forgotten: "Every time you break the law you pay, and every time you obey the law you pay.
~ Gretchen Rubin
A Rebel on a mission is a force of nature, a superstar. No need for checklists, for routines, rules, or habits to get things done. The need to find a cause, something to truly believe in and fight for, is vital. The inner belief is so strong, it will withstand any external pressure. A Rebel believes in his/her own uniqueness, and even superiority. There's certainly an aspect of arrogance. But if Rebels find the cause, then that's their master.
~ Gretchen Rubin
I told my Rebel daughter that I would tuck her in 'in five minutes.' She responded, 'How about four?
~ Gretchen Rubin
For him, the writer should be the very devil, a disturber of dreams and wrecker of fatuous utopias, the bringer-in of reality, and rival of God in his wish to make worlds.
~ Hanif Kureishi
Mostly I do films that mainstream Hollywood wouldn't touch.
~ Jason Patric
I instinctively dress a bit tougher because I've spent a lot of time in the U.S. and I realised there was a certain image projected of me here. I've always been an absolute rebel. When I was in my teen years I had piercings and wore all black.
~ Ellie Goulding
I was brought up by a single mom in a poor town in Arkansas and while some aspects of small-town life were really positive - like the fact that everyone there is really sweet and hospitable - there is also this close-minded mentality, and that naturally made me want to rebel.
~ Beth Ditto
I am a shocker. I like to create controversy. It's my trademark.
~ Brenda Fassie
I'm a shocker. I like to create controversy. It's my trademark.
~ Brenda Fassie
the difference between a rebel and a patriot depends upon who is in power at the moment.
~ Sidney Sheldon
Some labels are bad enough: Troublemaker. Bad-tempered. Rebel. I could live with those. I deserved them. Other labels like thief hurt worse and follow you longer.
~ Sigmund Brouwer
Rebel, rebel, you've torn your dress. Rebel, rebel, your face is a mess. Rebel, rebel, how could they know? Hot tramp, I love you so.
~ David Bowie
pink and white oleander not native to Appalachian ground still here lies years and years of poison rebel flags heritage and hate in the war to fight hunger and ongoing loss there are no sides there is only the angry mind of hurt bringing death too soon destroying all our dreams of union
~ bell hooks
15. pink and white oleander not native to Appalachian ground still here lies years and years of poison rebel flags heritage and hate in the war to fight hunger and ongoing loss there are no sides there is only the angry mind of hurt bringing death too soon destroying all our dreams of union
~ bell hooks
Without putting words in anybody's mouth, I think that Roddy has a reputation for being a rebel. I don't think that's a big secret.
~ Roddy Piper
At 14 and 15, I was sort of my town's resident beatnik.
~ Garth Risk Hallberg
I got a rebel side in me, but I'm not mean!
~ Morgan Wallen
Ricky Baker is very different to me. You could see some similarities, but he's a little rebel. He's a rebellious kid.
~ Julian Dennison
I simply refuse to play by the rules.
~ John McAfee
What most sets you apart is the spirit in you that rebels and persists. It isn't the largeness in you that matters most, it's your passion to bring it forth.
~ Sue Monk Kidd
What most sets you apart is the spirit in you that rebels and persists.
~ Sue Monk Kidd
What most sets you apart is the spirit in you that rebels and persists. It isn't the largeness in you that matters most, it's your passion to bring it forth.
~ Sue Monk Kidd
That's how he saw the contradictory and even unbearable situation of being enclosed in a language that didn't think like he did but like his father: that's where those desires to rebel against his own home came from.
~ Juan Gabriel Vásquez
En resumen, un científico es por definición un rebelde que se enfrenta a todo lo establecido, que desafía el principio de autoridad y que no se cree nada de lo que le cuentan. Todo científico es un escéptico y un revolucionario. Por eso soy científico, no porque acepte sin crítica lo que me diga la academia. Además, ¿quién es la academia? La ciencia no tiene sanedrines.
~ Juan Luis Arsuaga