Standing Out Quotes - Page 18

• It is a great pity but tis certain from every day's observation of man, that he may be set on fire like a candle, at either end provided there is a sufficient wick standing out.

  Laurence Sterne

  Men, Fire, Great Day

  Laurence Sterne (1817). “The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman”, p.515

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• I think people look great in black. I love that what stands out is the person, especially. Black just conveys a kind of drama, even if it can be quiet drama. It does lend to the wearer a sense of confidence.

  Andre Leon Talley

  Drama, Thinking, People

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• 'Long Black Train' was inspired by a vision that I had of a long, black train running down this track way out in the middle of nowhere. I could see people standing out to the sides of this track watching this train go by. As I was walking, experiencing this vision, I kept asking myself, 'What does this vision mean and what is this train?'

  Josh Turner

  Running, Mean, Long

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• The most important thing in business is a persona, Nico,' he was fond of saying. 'People want to know immediately what they're dealing with. And when they think about you, you've got to stand out in their minds--like one of those characters in a novel.

  Candace Bushnell

  Business, Character, Thinking

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• According to one influential wing of modern secular society there are few more disreputable fates than to end up being 'like everyone else' for 'everyone else' is a category that comprises the mediocre and the conformist, the boring and the suburban. The goal of all right-thinking people should be to mark themselves off from the crowd and 'stand out' in whatever way their talents allow.

  Alain de Botton

  Fate, Thinking, Secular Society

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• Hwang Jung-eun is one of the brightest stars of the new South Korean generation - she's Han Kang's favourite, and the novel we're publishing scooped the prestigious Bookseller's Award, for critically-acclaimed fiction that also has a wide popular appeal. She stands out for her focus on social minorities - her protagonists are slum inhabitants, trans women, orphans - and for the way she melds this hard-edged social critique with obliquely fantastical elements and offbeat dialogue.

  Deborah Smith

  Stars, Awards, Focus

  Source: thequietus.com

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• The word `ecstasy` is beautiful; it simply means `standing out.` Out of what? Standing out of your ego, your personality, your mind; getting out of the whole structure in which you have lived - not only lived but with which you have become identified. Standing out of all this, just a pure witness, a watcher on the hills - and everything is left deep down in the valley.

  Rajneesh

  Beautiful, Mean, Personality

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• I already optioned a book called The Personal History of Rachel DuPree. I also like The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill. And I love all of Octavia Butler's books. She's created some very complicated black heroines with a variety of belief systems. There are many great books out there, but those are a few of the ones that stand out.

  Viola Davis

  Book, Black, Personal History

  Source: aalbc.com

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• During the course of the day, I write things down, things I don't do anything with. Then, when I get ready to start recording, I just look through my books and I see if I can find something that stands out. That's how I come up with the off-the-wall-kinda-strange-indirect-stuff.

  Bootsy Collins

  Wall, Book, Writing

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• No, my first figure was a SLAYER eagle. And the dragons and the tribals are all I have got. I wish that I only would have done the SLAYER eagle and not the dragons ´coz I like tribals that stand out from a distance. Like you could be a snowblind in the concert and you are still gonna see it. That´s why I like about it.

  Kerry King

  Distance, Dragons, Eagles

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• Because of my Asian-ness, I couldn't be anonymous - what I said, what I ate, what I did at the weekend were startlingly different to what everyone else did. I was also a performer, quick and chameleon-like, good at accents, so that made me stand out.

  Sanjeev Bhaskar

  Weekend, Asian, Different

  "Sanjeev Bhaskar: Goodness, I'm home!". Interview with Tina Jackson, www.theguardian.com. December 3, 2010.

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• You start to realize that the things that are different about you are the things that make you special. And, as cliche as at that sounds, you realize that if you are lucky enough to have something that is different about you...don't try to hide it. I don't try to blend in anymore, it's all about standing out.

  Taylor Swift

  Special, Trying, Sound

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• What we committed in the Indies stands out among the most unpardonable offenses ever committed against God and mankind and this trade [in Indian slaves] as one of the most unjust, evil, and cruel among them.

  Bartolome de las Casas

  Evil, Unjust, Slave

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• A writer has to stand outside the page. It's not for the writer to shed tears onto the pages for these characters. It's not for him to suffer or to laugh or to experience ecstasy or agony in the manner of the characters on the pages.

  Richard Flanagan

  Character, Agony, Laughing

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I think it's funny how people get confused when they think about church music, because a lot of times there is a soloist who stands out, but my church wasn't like that at all.

  Valerie June

  Confused, Thinking, Church Music

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Just do something that makes you stand out. Even if not everyone likes it, just do it.

  Kacey Musgraves

  Likes, Ifs, Just Do It

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• Engaging with creativity in a serious way is a shamanistic activity, and by extension when you choose to follow a mystical path you cannot have a "normal" life within the community. Your job is to stand outside the community and hold up the mirror.

  Kevin Keck

  Jobs, Creativity, Mirrors

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I was born to stand out. I don't care whether or not people will find me attractive on screen. That's not why I became an actor. I know that more and more with each new role.

  Gabourey Sidibe

  People, Roles, Actors

  "Gabourey Sidibe Talks American Horror Story, Minotaur Kink, Season Four & Not Fitting In". Interview with Scott Neumyer, parade.com. November 13, 2013.

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• I think a great piece of outerwear can really make you stand out.

  Garance Dore

  Thinking, Pieces

  "BYT Interviews: Garance Dore". Interview with Svetlana Legetic, brightestyoungthings.com. February 19, 2016.

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• Obviously there is stuff that I wouldn't play in a club that I play at festivals, and vice-versa, but my sets are still dominated largely by my own music. I think that's what makes me stand out a bit. My music is also festival- and club-friendly, so it generally works out well.

  Avicii

  Thinking, Play, Work Out

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Standing outside the cultural hysteria the trend is fairly clear. It is a trend toward temporal compression and the emergence of ambiguity.

  Terence McKenna

  Hysteria, Trends, Ambiguity

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• I love Johnny (Depp). A lot of the stuff I've done for him stands out for me just because of the relationship and who he is.

  Colleen Atwood

  Done, Stuff

  Source: collider.com

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• Across the nation, thousands of people are lining up in hospital waiting rooms, out the doors, down the steps, around the corners, and behind the hedges, waiting for their inoculations. Here's another idea for avoiding the flu: DON'T stand outside in the cold for hours around lots of other people.

  Jon Stewart

  Waiting Rooms, Doors, Ideas

  "The Daily Show". www.imdb.com. 1996.

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• I had one job that was kind of cop-like. One summer I did security at a miniature golf course. Just standing out in the sun all day, Hey, hey, excuse me sir. Get your putter out of the whale's ass. Come on, this is a place of miniature business. This is not a playground even though it looks like a playground.

  Dane Cook

  Summer, Jobs, Golf

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• I think the thing that made this stand out the most was just the fact that there's a lot more character to these characters. We see their back stories and we see their present situations, and that was a lot more interesting than just the regular procedural with four heads standing around a body, spelling it out for you. It's a lot more of a roller coaster ride.

  Angie Harmon

  Character, Thinking, Interesting

  "Angie Harmon Interview RIZZOLI & ISLES". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 12, 2010.

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