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It's nice to stand out and not have to conform to all the beauty standards that just don't even make sense anymore.
You're made aware of what the industry is and what you need to conform to; I don't fit that, and I'm never going to.
I'm not being asked to conform to some prior expectation of what a Congress member is, but I'm just getting to be me.
I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesn't conform.
Perhaps the reason Trump voters are so frequently the subject of caricature is that they so frequently conform to type.
I always believed that clothes should be designed to conform to our bodies and not our bodies to conform to the clothing.
I did not try to conform to anybody's ideal of what a Latin celebrity or movie star should be. I took a lot of hits for it.
Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.
You can grow up without having to conform, stop going to shows, stop having a record collection, start being politically iffy.
I am not trying to conform to an unrealistic model of beauty. I am, however, being proactive in being the healthiest I can be.
Anyone who ever loves anyone truly loves them because of their indefinable essence, not because they conform to some checklist.
I don't like the idea of fitting into a mould so as to conform. What I like is the danger, the difference - being unpredictable.
Whoever would fully and feelingly understand the words of Christ, must endeavor to conform his life wholly to the life of Christ.
Some people look gender non-conforming because they want to look that way - they don't want to conform to society's expectations.
People expect your behavior to conform to known patterns and conventions. Your task as a strategist is to upset their expectations.
We discard the personal specifics which don't conform to the ideal conventional beauty created by art directors and cinematographers.
Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual word, but every possible word, must conform.
Our troops should not conform to customs that represent the marginalization of people and are incongruent with our fundamental values.
Pop music allows you to be who you are without having to wear a social uniform or to conform, which some people find impossible to do.
I have worked hard and learnt that I have to make a decision - whether I am going to conform and protect myself or not. I chose not to.
The idea of having to conform to someone else's ideal is unacceptable. I'm gonna be me. And if I can't be me, then I'd rather not do it.
When you're making any movie, you have your hopes and expectations - but reality doesn't always conform with your hopes and expectations.
I knew that if I were the best in the world, my reality could change. I was always the person who didn't conform to the idea of 'halfway.'
I cannot make the universe obey me. I cannot make other people conform to my own whims and fancies. I cannot make even my own body obey me.
I wouldn't even have braces on my teeth. I think they are horrible and this idea that everyone should conform and be perfect is ridiculous.
The terrorist isn't a problem because he doesn't conform; he's a problem because he does. It's what he conforms to that makes him dangerous.
The paradox of faith is that when we conform our lives to Christ then we gain our true freedom. And its fruit is profound and lasting happiness.
Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.
Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint.
I'm really happy to be me, and I'd like to think people like me more because I'm happy with myself and not because I refuse to conform to anything.
Very early in my career, I thought I had to conform to one style of leadership - lead by being the loudest one in the room, with the sharpest elbows.
I'd just like to inspire people to be themselves and do what they want and not conform to the rigid guidelines of the music or entertainment business.
The aim of every authentic artist is not to conform to the history of art, but to release himself from it in order to replace it with his own history.
We are more likely to cheat if we see others doing so. We tend to conform to accepted norms of reasonable behaviour, rather than adhere to strict rules.
I think the thing that you've seen with Donald Trump is that he doesn't - he doesn't look to the past and say, 'I've got to conform to these precedents.'
I certainly relish the chance to play a woman who didn't have to conform in any way ever to expected behavior or desirable behavior or attractive behavior.
Some people wish above all to conform to the rules, I wish only to render what I can hear. There is no theory. You have only to listen. Pleasure is the law.
It is true that the politician, in his professional character, does not always, or even very often, conform to the most approved pattern of private conduct.
The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.
My loyalty was questioned for a long time when I was younger, and that's understandable. I found it very difficult to conform and I wanted to do it all my way.
I have the freedom to take chances, to say no. I have the freedom to be who I really want to be, rather than have to conform to this or that just to stay alive.
Through my unique style of playing, I want to prove that you don't have to conform to be accepted. The greatest value comes from loving yourself for who you are.
If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.
Clearly, we are not programmed at birth to behave a certain way based on our gender. Instead, we are trained throughout our lives to conform to our gender norms.
I just know that I'm innovative. I'm a quick thinker... In Washington, I just want to be a senator who finds a way to drive change and not figure out a way to conform.
Am I coasting on some early success? Yeah. It was a good lucky break for me. But I would rather earn my way back again than simply conform to what people are expecting.
I think that women out there should just be happy with how they look, and they shouldn't really try to conform to any stereotype. Just be happy and, hopefully, healthy.
The biggest risk I've ever taken is going on American Idol and trying to be myself. I wasn't going to try too hard to conform, and I knew that it could possibly not work out.
We need to achieve a change in the media and in the way women are pressured to conform to a narrow image of beauty - it's a lofty ambition but it's important to make a start.
One of the things I did learn from 'The Epic' was that we don't have to feel so much pressure to conform to set formats. A song doesn't have to be three minutes and 30 seconds.