Standing Out Quotes - Page 11

• To me if there's an achievement to lighting and photography in a film it's because nothing stands out, it all works as a piece. And you feel that these actors are in this situation and the audience is not thrown by a pretty picture or by bad lighting.

  Roger Deakins

  Photography, Achievement, Actors

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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.

  Tracy McGrady

  Guy, Crowds, I Can

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• If you look at the media coverage and surfing magazines, the one thing that really stands out is how hard it is to find a photo of a girl in a magazine unless it's an ad. It's kind of strange, still to this day. You see these great looking girls surfing so well that are amazingly talented... They are finally the total package.

  Lisa Andersen

  Girl, Media, Surfing

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• Life is not tried
  it is merely survived
  if you're standing outside the fire.

  Garth Brooks

  Fire, Life Is, Ifs

  Song: Standing Outside The Fire, Album: In Pieces, 1993

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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

  Being Yourself, Ideas, Knowing

  Warren G. Bennis, Patricia Ward Biederman (2009). “The Essential Bennis”, p.212, John Wiley & Sons

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• The key to the Toyota Way and what makes Toyota stand out is not any of the individual elements…But what is important is having all the elements together as a system. It must be practiced every day in a very consistent manner, not in spurts.

  Taiichi Ohno

  Keys, Important, Together

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• No one remembers you for standing in the crowd . But they do remember you for standing out of it.

  Eddie Harris

  Remember You, Remembers You, Crowds

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• As the world continues to turn away from the use of the death penalty, it is a glaring anomaly that China, Saudi Arabia, Iran and the USA stand out for their extreme use of this form of punishment as the 'top' executioners in the world.

  Irene Khan

  Iran, Punishment, Usa

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• Today, reishi stands out as one the most valuable of all polypore mushrooms in nature for the benefit of our health. Many naturopaths and doctors prefer organically-grown reishi from pristine environments because they are more pure.

  Paul Stamets

  Doctors, Mushrooms, Benefits

  "Reishi, Ling Zhi: ‘Mushrooms of Immortality’" by Paul Stamets, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 4, 2012.

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• One of the most exciting moments was standing out on top of the world, 30 seconds before stepping off.

  Felix Baumgartner

  World, Moments, Exciting

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• If one looks closely one sees that there is no essential difference between a beggar's livelihood and that of numberless respectable people. Beggars do not work, it is said; but then, what is work? A navvy works by swinging a pick. An accountant works by adding up figures. A beggar works by standing out of doors in all weathers and getting varicose veins, chronic bronchitis, etc. It is a trade like any other; quite useless, of course - but then, many reputable trades are quite useless.

  George Orwell

  Doors, Weather, Differences

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• Your grandparents did not endure the indignities of a steerage journey to Ellis Island so that you could stand outside a discothèque and beg a wallpaper designer to take you in with him.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Journey, Islands, Grandparent

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• We want our children to fit in and to stand out. We rarely address the conflict between these goals.

  Ellen Goodman

  Children, Goal, Excellence

  Ellen Goodman (1990). “Making Sense”, Penguin Group USA

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• I don't want to know anything about your system of ethics. Strength is the morality of the man who stands out from the rest, and it is mine.

  Ludwig van Beethoven

  Men, Want, Ethics

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• Choose to deliver amazing service to your customers. You'll stand out because they don't get it anywhere else.

  Kevin Stirtz

  Customers

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• If you have seen one of the temples at night, fully lighted, you know what an impressive sight that can be. The house of the Lord, bathed in light, standing out in the darkness, becomes symbolic of the power and the inspiration of the gospel of Jesus Christ standing as a beacon in a world that sinks ever further into spiritual darkness.

  Boyd K. Packer

  Spiritual, Jesus, Inspiration

  Boyd K. Packer (1998). “The shield of faith”, Bookcraft, Incorporated

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• In this initial illimitableness of possibilities that characterizes one who has no nature there stands out only one fixed, pre-established, and given line by which he may chart his course, only one limit: the past.

  Jose Ortega y Gasset

  Past, Lines, May

  "History as a System". Book by José Ortega y Gasset, transleted by ‎Helene Weyl. Chapter "Man has no nature", 1962.

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• The only way to get what you're worth is to stand out, to exert emotional labor, to be seen as indispensable, and to produce interactions that organizations and people care deeply about.

  Seth Godin

  Emotional, Organization, People

  Seth Godin (2010). “Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?”, p.28, Penguin

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• If you want to stand out from the crowd, give people a reason not to forget you

  Richard Branson

  People, Giving, Crowds

  Twitter post from May 1, 2014

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• The world stands out on either side, No wider than the heart is wide.

  Edna St. Vincent Millay

  Heart, World, Sides

  Edna St Vincent, Edna St. Vincent Millay (2013). “The Edna St. Vincent Millay Collection”, p.121, eBookIt.com

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• The well dressed man never stands out in a crowd; his elegance sets him apart.

  Oscar de la Renta

  Fashion, Men, Crowds

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• As individuals, we will be judged in our lives by the totality of our actions. Not one thing will stand out. And I think that's how we get judged by our colleagues and that's how we get judged by the good lord.

  Rahm Emanuel

  Thinking, Our Actions, Lord

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• Are we fighting?" I asked Morelli. "No. Were discussing." "Are you sure?" "Am I yelling?" Morelli asked. "Is my face purple? Are the cords on my neck standing out? Am I waving my arms around?" "No." "The were not fighting.

  Janet Evanovich

  Fighting, Yelling, Purple

  Janet Evanovich (2010). “Sizzling Sixteen”, p.204, Macmillan

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• We're not meant to fit in. We're meant to stand out.

  Sarah Ban Breathnach

  Fit

  Sarah Ban Breathnach (1999). “Something More: Excavating Your Authentic Self”, G K Hall & Company

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• Everything is judged by its appearance; what is unseen counts for nothing. Never let yourself get lost in the crowd, then, or buried in oblivion. Stand out. Be conspicuous, at all cost. Make yourself a magnet of attention by appearing larger, more colorful, more mysterious than the bland and timid masses.

  Robert Greene

  Unseen, Attention, Cost

  Robert Greene (2010). “The 48 Laws Of Power”, p.9, Profile Books

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