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I know now that most people are so closely
concerned
with themselves that they are not aware of their own
individuality; I can see myself, and it has helped me
to say
what I want to say. . . in paint.
-Georgia O'Keeffe
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This I believe: That the free, exploring
mind of the
individual human is the most valuable thing in the
world. And this I would fight for: The freedom of
the mind
to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And
this
I must fight against: Any idea, religion, or
government
which limits or destroys the individual.
-John Steinbeck
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Be yourself.
Above all, let who
you are, what you are,
what you believe, shine through every
sentence
you write, every piece you finish.
-John Jakes |
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The individual has always had to struggle to keep
from
being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you
will
be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no
price
is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
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Individuality is founded in
feeling; and the recesses
of feeling, the darker, blinder strata
of character,
are the only places in the world in which
we catch
real fact in the making.
-William James |
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| Since everybody is an individual, nobody can be
you. You are unique. No one can tell you how to use
your time. It is yours. Your life is your own.
You mold it. You make it.
-Eleanor Roosevelt |
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I
think everyone is unique. We know that. The only way
you find out what you are
is by trying everything, and then at some point you take what
you are, which
is unique. Don't ever try to mimic anybody, because you
will only be second best. You can never outshine the thing you are trying to mimic, so
don't ever do that. Don't idol worship. Finally, be yourself. Then you
are going to be really unique and
exciting. People are going to beat a path to your door if
you polish your inner self.
-Robert
D. Ballard
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| Had I to carve an inscription on my tombstone
I
would ask for none other than "The Individual."
-Søren Kierkegaard |
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The diversity of the family should be a cause of
love
and harmony, as it is in music where many different notes
blend together in the making of a perfect chord.
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There comes a time when you
have to stand up and shout: This is me damn it! I look the way I look, think the way I
think,
feel the way I feel, love the way I love! I am a whole
complex package. Take me... or leave me. Accept me - or walk
away! Do not try to make me feel like less of a person, just
because I don't
fit your idea of who I should be and don't try
to change me
to fit your mold. If I need to change, I alone will
make that decision. When you are strong enough to love yourself 100%, good and bad--you will be amazed at the opportunities that life presents you.
-Stacey Charter |
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Individuality is either the mark of genius or the
reverse. Mediocrity finds safety in standardization.
-Frederick E. Crane |
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Individuality is only
possible
if
it unfolds
from wholeness. -David Bohm
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There is a vitality, a life force, an energy that is
translated
through you; and because there is only
one of you in all of
time, this expression is unique.
-Martha Graham
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The more we let each
voice
sing out
with
its own
true tone,
the richer
will be
the diversity
of the chant in unison.
-Angelus Silesius |
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It
is an absolute perfection. . .
to get
the very most
out of one's individuality.
-Michel
de Montaigne
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