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Never rebel for the sake of rebelling, but always rebel for the sake of truth.Criss Jami
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Yes I have done it all. Tested the shallow waters, swam through the dangerous tides, met strangers, seen friends turn strangers, taken risks to achieve my goals, persevered to out do myself each time, rose high, fell hard, learned to climb, learned to dream and in dreaming learned to relate to reality. I have earned respect, achieved things very young, believed in my potential, questioned it too but through it all I have never stopped to aspire. I am a human and I must adapt to the changing seasons, learn new skills and master them all. Now as I stand and look up, I see a heap of laurels yet to achieve and chest of mysteries yet to resolve. I am not one in the crowd. I'll forever be the one whom they could never be.Adhish Mazumder
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You’ll learn, as you get older, that rules are made to be broken. Be bold enough to live life on your terms, and never, ever apologize for it. Go against the grain, refuse to conform, take the road less traveled instead of the well-beaten path. Laugh in the face of adversity, and leap before you look. Dance as though EVERYBODY is watching. March to the beat of your own drummer. And stubbornly refuse to fit in. .Mandy Hale
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Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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The world accommodates you for fitting in, but only rewards you for standing out.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Cheers to all the Rebels out there who care way too much about Art and Truth and Magic to fall in line with the mundane task of fitting in.Scott Stabile
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Consumption can be a remedy against boredom and may convey a sense of fictitious power and supremacy, by standing out from the crowd through the extravagance of the expenditure. As it becomes an addiction, however, it might be cured, if the right medication is administered : humbleness and mindful discovery of the others. (“Buying now, dying later”)Erik Pevernagie
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Your true power is not in your difference, but in your consistency of being different. The world will always adjust to consistency, yet struggle with change.Shannon L. Alder
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Artists are the flowers of our world. The best ones are those who can stand out from the crowd by becoming a memorable flower – one that moves us, inspires us, and makes us think hard. A flower with no smell to it is just something to look at. A flower that emits a beautiful fragrance is the one we want in our homes and on our walls. Your mission as an artist, is to become the best-smelling flower in the world, so that when the day finally comes when you are plucked from the ground, the world will cry for the loss of your mind-stimulating fragrance. Be different. Be original. Nobody will remember a specific flower in garden loaded with thousands of the same yellow flower, but they will remember the one that managed to change its color to purple.Suzy Kassem
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Confidence is knowing who you are and not changing it a bit because of someone’s version of reality is not your reality.Shannon L. Alder
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It’s better to be a “misfit” than a “one-size-fits-all”!Mandy Hale
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It’s not really outstanding when you’re standing out Outcry is the only outburst, if you can’t shoutMunia Khan
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Ordinary people are products of their environment and fit in. Artists transcend their environment and stand out.Oliver Gaspirtz
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There is this one thing that makes a big difference: creativity! There is this one thing that gives birth to great things: imaginations! The world we see is a product of creativity and imaginations, and they that know the power of creativity and how to give life to their imaginations live and leave distinctive footprints!Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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Whether you try too hard to fit in or you try too hard to stand out, it is of equal consequence: you exhaust your significance.Criss Jami
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People felt themselves watching him even before they knew that there was anything different about him. His eyes made a person think that he heard things that no one else had ever heard, that he knew things no one had ever guessed before. He did not seem quite human.Carson McCullers
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Daniel studied her face. Have you ever thanked God for giving you the advantages he has? Advantages?All those things I've already mentioned. Your tall and strong, loyal and brave, kind and loving. You stand out in a crowd and your a leader. He wouldn't trust those qualities with just anyone. He must love you a great deal.Colleen Coble
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And though, truly, she sometimes felt like something inside her had disappeared, it seemed that must be a natural part of growing up. Standing out too much made one feel too alone to do it forever.Jodi Lynn Anderson
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When you are convinced that what you offer is yours, whether it be mediocre or of standard quality, your originality will make people love you in a way you did not expect.Michael Bassey Johnson
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Breaking from the herd is better than getting lost in it.Matshona Dhliwayo
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An artist has got to get acquainted with himself just as much as he can. It is no easy job, for it is not a present-day habit of humanity.Chaim Potok
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If knowing yourself and being yourself were as easy to do as to talk about, there wouldn't be nearly so many people walking around in borrowed postures, spouting secondhand ideas, trying desperately to fit in rather than to stand out.Warren G. Bennis
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Normality is the new eccentric.Criss Jami
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So you're a little weird? Work it! A little different? OWN it! Better to be a nerd than one of the herd!Mandy Hale
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Take comfort in the knowledge that you are different, even from the different ones.Joyce Rachelle
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Never give up on you. In order to make a difference you would have to somehow be different.Johnnie Dent Jr.