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Be Different Quotes

On standing apart, changing course, and resisting sameness.

Several lines connect wanting to be different with the hope that things can genuinely improve, not just look unusual for its own sake. Read more in our Different quotes.

People expect us to be different, but we're not. We're very similar people, and it's because we're so similar and close to each other that we make each other laugh - in fact we make each other laugh more than...

Quotes by Adrian Edmondson

Of course I know I am not the average footballer. But I'd be lying if I said I set out to be different, I didn't set out to go against the grain.

Quotes by Adebayo Akinfenwa

You have to be different on the field than you are at home.

Quotes by Adam Thielen

Each country its cost analysis is going to be different. So what we are you seeing in Syria, for example, is different than what's going on in Jordan. The maps are being rewritten.

Quotes by Abdullah II of Jordan

Always Quotes

TV news is what you want it to be, and if you want it to be different, take a look at what you watch.

Quotes by Aaron Brown

Why do I write books? Why do I think? Why should I be passionate? Because things could be different, they could be made better.

Quotes by Zygmunt Bauman

Why can't I be different and unusual... like everyone else?

Quotes by Vivian Stanshall

While Mumbai is a melting pot of cultures, Delhi is made of community, and we can see these lines quite clearly. An aunty from Punjabi Bagh will be different from a Faridabad aunty or an aunty from Vasant Kunj.

Quotes by Vir Das

With each of my films, I want to look/be different from the real me and want my performance to be different from the last one.

Quotes by Vikram

Different Quotes

I'm not asking myself, 'How I can be different from Netanyahu?' because I am different, and Kadima is different from Likud, by its own nature.

Quotes by Tzipi Livni

It's a bit weird; everybody is trying to be different, but then they're exactly the same as whatever mob they hang out with.

Quotes by Travis Fimmel

I think one of the reasons I'm popular again is because I'm wearing a tie. You have to be different.

Quotes by Tony Bennett

Why am I the way I am? Well, I used to be different.

Quotes by Tom Sizemore

When I had decided to become an actor, I did a lot of soul-searching to figure out how I could be different. What could I bring to the table that others or my father couldn't have? That's when I worked...

Quotes by Tiger Shroff

Good Quotes

In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide.

Quotes by Thornton Wilder

Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and integrates itself into the omnipotent realm of the profane.

Quotes by Theodor W. Adorno

People assume that we have certain rights based on property that may be different now in a digital world.

Quotes by Suzan DelBene

All the Formula 1 teams that Dare To Be Different has come into contact with - Ferrari, McLaren, Force India, Williams - they're all very proactive in supporting us. They allow us to contact their female staff members and they're...

Quotes by Susie Wolff

I dared to be different, I want to inspire others to do the same.

Quotes by Susie Wolff

Like Quotes

If it was going to be unique, if you're going to make a robot movie in 2011... it had to be different, and it had to be about more than its machines and more than its action.

Quotes by Shawn Levy

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Be Different collection about?
It's about the pull toward standing apart, sometimes as a deliberate choice — writing and thinking because things could be made better — and sometimes as an ironic complaint about wanting to be unusual like everyone else.
Does this collection connect being different to creative work?
Yes, one filmmaker describes wanting each performance to be different from the real self and from their last role, treating being different as a craft choice rather than just a personality trait.
Is there a quote comparing cities or cultures?
One reflects on how people from different neighborhoods within the same city carry noticeably different character — an observation about how local community and geography shape identity, described generally rather than as a sweeping claim about any group.
What's the ironic quote in this collection?
One line asks, half-jokingly, why someone can't be different and unusual... like everyone else — a self-aware jab at how the desire to stand out can itself become a common, shared impulse.
Why do people search for be-different quotes?
Usually to affirm individuality or explain a choice that goes against the grain, whether that's a creative decision or simply wanting to look or live differently than expected.

Others notice how identity shifts with setting, comparing how the same trait reads differently depending on community or city. Explore Good quotes for related reflections.