"We are all born originals - why is it so many of us die copies?"
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"The only reason I am a star is because of my repression. Nothing else would have driven me through all that if I was 'normal'."
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"As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being different to them"
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"For the possibilities of being different from what one is are infinite. Once one has negated oneself, however, there are no longer any particular choices."
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"Love being different, embrace it, share it, live it because being different is not a curse but a gift we all posses that defines who we are and makes the world a better place."
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"In one way, I was always hip. I was hip in kindergarten. I was different from the others. There was something wrong with me, I thought, because I seemed to see things people didn't see. I always saw things in a hallucinatory way."
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"We must never be afraid to be a sign of contradiction for the world."
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"Nobody understood what it was like to be black and Jewish... being different from everyone else just made me a lot stronger."
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"I think we need to take a step back and realize what the real issues are - it's not being from different places or being different."
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"Being different is a talent. You illuminate what makes you special in the sea of sameness around you."
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"People like me are aware of their so-called genius at ten, eight, nine."
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