Standing Out Quotes - Page 3

• The delicate droop of the petals standing out in relief, is like the eyelid of a child.

  Auguste Rodin

  Children, Flower, Relief

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• There are moments in life, and they happen so infrequently that they tend to really stand out, when life hands you the gift of perspective. Sometimes, we forget to show our appreciation. Sometimes, we get our priorities mixed up. And, sometimes, we forget how far we’ve come. But life always has a way of nudging you to remind you about these important things.

  Cassia Leo

  Appreciation, Hands, Perspective

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• The example of parents is the greatest teacher. Parents must stand out as models of happiness to their children.

  Robert Muller

  Teacher, Children, Parent

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• People must insist on the right to say no, to be alone, to stand out from the herd. Creative artists can say all this in their own way and in their own field, by hard, rigorous work.

  Tahar Ben Jelloun

  Artist, People, Creative

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• I try so hard not to think that I am a stranger in a strange land. But I know that I stand out.

  Martha Raddatz

  Thinking, Land, Trying

  "Women Reporters Face Added Risks In Conflict Zones". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. February 22, 2011.

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• An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor [group think] of the age and not go flopping along. By doing this he helps us to question and reassess our past, present and future situations, our assumptions and our options.

  Evelyn Waugh

  Art, Past, Thinking

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• Design has allowed us to stand out; to look different and show that difference boldy.

  Joseph D Mansueto

  Differences, Design, Different

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• I had not yet gotten into the world of light. But I felt as one who, standing outside, could knock against the wall and hear an answering knock from within.

  Simon Newcomb

  Wall, Light, World

  Simon Newcomb (1903). “The reminiscences of an astronomer”, Harper and Brothers

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• One thing that stands out throughout the entire year was that in South Dakota we are much more united than we are divided. Now the divided part creates news, but the united part is what moves us forward.

  Mike Rounds

  Moving, Years, News

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• With the myriad of new Bible translations on the market today, few stand out. The ESV is one of the few, and surpasses the others in its simple yet elegant style. In many respects the ESV has accomplished in the 21st century what the KJV accomplished in the 17th: a trustworthy, literary Bible that is suitable for daily reading, memorizing, and preaching.

  Daniel B. Wallace

  Reading, Simple, Style

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• Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away.

  Harold Geneen

  Diamond, Performances

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• A few birds flew out from the mountains and glided for a while without sound. Standing out against the sky on high slopes beyond a range of low hills, they saw an endless herd of deer, rendered mute by distance. The landscape was reminiscent of a cardboard cutout, but on a huge scale, which gave the impression they were the ones who had become miniatures...All three of them were equally lost.

  Cesar Aira

  Distance, Sky, Bird

  César Aira (2013). “The Hare”, p.239, New Directions Publishing

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• You know, I don't want to stand out too much.

  Kevin Durant

  Want, Too Much, Knows

  "BDL Interview: Kevin Durant". Interview with Trey Kerby, sports.yahoo.com. August 12, 2010.

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• Show off your own style and uniqueness to stand out. That's the advice I'd give to people getting started online now.

  Conor Maynard

  People, Giving, Advice

  "Conor Maynard: 'I wanted to prove I'm not Bieber 2.0'". Interview with Tim Jonze, www.theguardian.com. October 10, 2012.

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• Of all mushrooms commonly consumed, oyster mushrooms in the genus Pleurotus stand out as exceptional allies for improving human and environmental health. These mushrooms enjoy a terrific reputation as the easiest to cultivate, richly nutritious and medicinally supportive.

  Paul Stamets

  Environmental Health, Oysters, Mushrooms

  "The Mighty Oyster Mushroom: The Workhorse of Gourmet Fungi" by Paul Stamets, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 25, 2013.

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• I had learnt from going to Houghton that to make a room quiet, to make it harmonious, you never wanted to have only one 'mouvement' thng like the Savonnerie rug that would stand out. You must have 'mouvement' everywhere.

  Nancy Lancaster

  Design, Rooms, Quiet

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• Michael Brown, the director of FEMA, was nominated by President Bush in 2003 and plans to start the job any day now. ... Prior to heading FEMA, Brown spent the 90's as a commissioner -- this is true -- of the International Arabian Horse Association. I guess he stands out because most Bush appointees are beholden to Arabian people.

  Jon Stewart

  Horse, Jobs, People

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• When you’re different you’ve got two choices. You can stand out or you step back.

  Niall Williams

  Two, Choices, Different

  Niall Williams (2014). “History of the Rain: Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014”, p.106, A&C Black

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• They who are not induced to believe and live as they ought by those discoveries which God hath made in Scriptures would stand out against any evidence whatever, even that of a messenger sent express from the other world.

  Francis Atterbury

  Believe, Discovery, Other Worlds

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• There's one place where (Fidel Castro’s) Cuba stands out head and shoulders above the rest – that is in its love for human rights and liberty!

  Nelson Mandela

  Rights, Liberty, Cuba

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• If I ever wanted a gnome, I guess Id just stand out on my lawn for a while.

  Johnny Christ

  Lawns, Gnome, Wanted

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• It's odd how people waiting for you stand out far less clearly than people you are waiting for.

  Jean Giraudoux

  People, Waiting, Odd

  Jean Giraudoux (1963). “Judith. Tiger at the gates. Duel of angels”

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• Love yourself, whatever makes you different, and use it to make you stand out. Mine is my voice and the fact that I'm gay: well, the fact that I'm flamboyantly gay.

  Ross Mathews

  Love You, Gay, Voice

  "Why Ross Mathews decided to 'Man Up!'". Interview with Tess Gilbert, www.cnn.com. May 2, 2013.

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• We have as many planes of speech as does a painting planes of perspective which create perspective in a phrase. The most important word stands out most vividly defined in the very foreground of the sound plane. Less important words create a series of deeper planes.

  Constantin Stanislavski

  Pain, Perspective, Important

  Constantin Stanislavski (2013). “Building A Character”, p.166, Routledge

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• Several of the actors I've had the good fortune of working with stand out in my mind as 'ultimate'. I guess the obvious would be Tom Hanks, because he really is as fun and as genuine as he comes across in his films and interviews.

  Barry Pepper

  Fun, Mind, Would Be

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