Billy Paul Quotes

I do admit that I've never been one to fit in easily to any given pattern. It's not my choice. It's just the way I am. So if the characters I wind up playing are all a bit different, it must be because that's the way I like it. Anna Kendrick is different, and she's going to stay that way.

It's not like I try to be different, but every single person is unique, and every single person has special things to offer, and it's about embracing it and not being afraid of the fact that maybe you're different or quirky, but it's okay to be different, and it can be a wonderful thing.

Without trying, I'm different.

Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable.

People in this world shun people for being great, for being a bright color, for standing out. But the time is now, to be OK with being the greatest you.

It can be frightening to turn your back on what others think is right. But I'm not the same as a lot of people - I'm quite artistic and quite eccentric sometimes. If you honour that, you fit into yourself better - and people accept you for what you are.

I don't want to be the next anyone. I'm just me.

When I first started out, I got criticism for the way I looked. I think, now, it's a good thing because, why would you want to look like everyone else?

I'm not trying to fit in with nobody. I'm just me.

I've always been a little off, but it's worked really well for me, and it still works. After so many years, you have a look, you become a brand, la la la.

I know, being the odd one out can feel brutal. But, rest assured, it's also wonderful - because your desire to do things differently isn't 'uncool.' In fact, it's the exact opposite.

Being different makes you beautiful.

Even as a child, Muhammad Ali got perverse pleasure out of being different. He liked the attention it got him, but most of all he just liked being himself: odd and independent.

I yam who I yam; I'm not somebody, like, standard.

I think when you're different you stand out more and I like when people stand out.

I love being unconventional because that's the reason I stand out.

I'm okay with being the oddball.

In the dressing room I'm seen as the weird one with my style, I think that's a good thing.

I always prided myself in being different.

The way I dress, the way I talk, the way I do things, what I say on Twitter - it's just like, that's who you are, so don't try to mask who you are just because of what other people think of you.

At a young age, it is hard to be different from the crowd. I want to encourage young girls that it is cool to be different. Young women should be pleased they have something unique and make the most of their talent.

I've never wanted to be like anybody else. I'm me.

I'm not a camp, throwaway queen; I'm not in Neverland. I'm not Jennifer Lopez with three people to pluck my eyebrows. I've made myself what I want to be - not everybody's cup of tea. And people wanna have a look at me. I fully accept that. People have always wanted to have a look at me.

I see that I'm very unique, but I'm not trying to be. I'm just being me.

I pride myself on being unique in my own right. I wanted to be myself.