Friedrich Nietzsche
Philosopher, Writer
"In loneliness, the lonely one eats himself; in a crowd, the many eat him. Now choose."
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Loretta Young
Actress
"A charming woman... doesn't follow the crowd. She is herself."
Diane Grant
Author
"It's better to walk alone, than with a crowd going in the wrong direction."
Mahatma Gandhi
Political Leader
"it's easy to stand in the crowd but it takes courage to stand alone"
Charles Bukowski
Poet, Novelist
"Wherever the crowd goes run in the other direction. They're always wrong."
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"A live concert to me is exciting because of all the electricity that is generated in the crowd and on stage. It's my favorite part of the business - live concerts."
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"Let all of life be an unfettered howl. Like the crowd greeting the gladiator. Don't stop to think, don't interrupt the scream, exhale, release life's rapture."
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"Beware of those who seek constant crowds; they are nothing alone."
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"Nothing is more destructive than the charge of artillery on a crowd."
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"Don't join an easy crowd; you won't grow."
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"Prejudices are what rule the vulgar crowd."
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"I felt that I had been happy and that I was happy again. For everything to be consummated, for me to feel less alone, I had only to wish that there be a large crowd of spectators the day of my execution and that they greet me with cries of hate."
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"I know this is a bit redundant, but it is really hard to explain just how loud Tiger Stadium is when you're standing on the field. The crowd is moving and swaying so much, and in so many directions, it makes the stands look blurry, like a pointillist painting."
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"I'm the guy that stands out in all the crowds, so I don't get out there and dance, but I can dance."
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"Faust complained about having two souls in his breast, but I harbor a whole crowd of them and they quarrel. It is like being in a republic."
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"Always remember that the crowd that applauds your coronation is the same crowd that will applaud your beheading. People like a show."
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"The masses are always wrong...Wisdom is doing everything the crowd does not do. All you do is reverse the totality of their learning and you have the heaven they're looking for."
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"There comes a time as an artist, can't follow the crowd. You have to do YOU, and make the crowd follow you."
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"No one achieves great things by following the crowd. Have a spine. Strike your own path."
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"The superior person is in harmony, but does not follow the crowd. The lesser person follows the crowd, but is not in harmony."
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"The crowd is the gathering place of the weakest; true creation is a solitary act."
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"Follow Your Bliss. Not someone else’s idea of your bliss. Not what you think should be your bliss. Not what you think would impress the crowd or appease the family. Your BLISS. What truly gets you giddy."
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"The one who walks alone, is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been."
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"How can he [today's writer] be honored, when he does not honor himself; when he loses himself in the crowd; when he is no longer the lawgiver, but the sycophant, ducking to the giddy opinion of a reckless public."
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"We didn't invent the Grateful Dead, the crowd invented the Grateful Dead. We were just in line to see what was going to happen."
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