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Nonconformity Quotes

"I'm not an example for how people should live their lives "
Lil Wayne
"Do your thing and don’t care if they like it"
Tina Fey
"You gotta stand up and assert your creativity even if everyone around you is a grey suit"
Tyler, The Creator
"Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of."
John Stuart Mill
"When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts"
Larry Ellison
"When you live your life in different ways, it makes people around you uncomfortable"
Larry Ellison
"I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men"
Charles Darwin
"I’ve always loved the idea of not being what people expect me to be"
Joaquin Phoenix
"The most contrarian thing of all is not to oppose the crowd but to think for yourself"
Peter Thiel
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do? "
Pablo Picasso
"You can beat or jail me or even kill me, but I am not going to be what you want me to be!"
Denzel Washington
"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."
Marilyn Monroe
"The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that"
Arnold Schwarzenegger
"Just be yourself and forget all of the stuff you read in GQ magazine."
Chris Pratt
"Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from"
Jodie Foster
"I dropped out of Oxford, and it's not like I dropped out and joined a rock band"
Kate Beckinsale
"If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun"
Katherine Hepburn
"I'm not the kind of person who tries to be cool or trendy, I'm definitely an individual."
Leonardo DiCaprio
"I don't expect anyone to understand why I am the way I am, because I'm not trying to please anybody but myself"
Gwyneth Paltrow