Kate Bosworth Quotes

I don't like to be different; I would like to be the same.

It's perfect to be the same as everyone else.

I went to public school for like, one day. I don't get it. Everybody tries to be exactly the same. I think being an outsider is a good thing.

It is hard to be an individual in Japan.

I didn't want to wear a checked shirt and grow a mustache - that's what you had to do, and everyone did.

Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?

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.

The conformist understands that the reason of his desperate look for conformism is that he realises he is different and that he never accepted his difference.

When I was a kid, I was afraid of large group of conforming people.

While children are struggling to be unique, the world around them is trying all means to make them look like everybody else.

To be with the others, you have to have your hair short and wear ties. So we're trying to make a third world happen, you know what I mean?

Yeah, but if you're not doing what everyone else is doing then you're going to be misunderstood. People are going to wonder why you're trying to be different; it's just a natural instinct.

The only behaviour that is truly common is to avoid doing something because you think others might consider it common.

The reason most people don't express their individuality and actually deny it, is not fear of what prime ministers think of us or the head of the federal reserve, It's what their families and their friends down at the bar are going to think of them.

Well, sometimes when you say you want to be like everybody else, you're really saying that you're not.

Growing up, I just wanted to be like everyone else. I didn't value or understand the beauty in being different at the time in my life.

Now, in music, it seems more like the popular crowd suppresses anyone who is different.

Everybody wants to be like everybody else.

I dyed my hair about 42 different colours, and kids can be pretty judgmental about people who are different. But instead of breaking down and conforming, I stood firm. That is also probably why I was unhappy.

I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesn't conform.

Everything's always about being homogenized and following in a group. The people who stand out always have the most problems.

Is uniformity of opinion desirable? No more than of face and stature.

The enemy of individuality is groupthink.

I wanted to blend in 'cause I knew I was different.

People don't want to be diverse, or they're scared to be diverse. People just dress a certain way to fit in but sometimes being outside of the box is the cool thing to do.