Darius Rucker Quotes

Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person. And to retain this right, you will have to be willing to take the social or external risks involved in ignoring pressures to do things the way others say they should be done

Adapt to yourself, bro. What I wanna say is don't let nobody tell you that you should stay in your lane, bro.

I don't have to play by these rules or do these things... I can actually have my own kind of version.

I got into figure skating for the art of it, as well as the sport, and how much I love it. And, you know, I do everything that I want. I march to my own drummer. Sometimes people have an issue with that, and I can't control it.

Because you are women, people will force their thinking on you, their boundaries on you. They will tell you how to dress, how to behave, who you can meet and where you can go. Don't live in the shadows of people's judgement. Make your own choices in the light of your own wisdom.

I didn't have to listen to nobody or look how anybody wanted me to look. I just wanted to be myself and look however I want.

Some people have tried to change me and tell me what to do, but I haven't done it, and it's worked for me.

I am not defined to be in any mould and I can be whatever I want to be.

There is no sin worse in life than being boring--and nothing worse than letting other people tell you what to do. I was one of the few heiresses to walk the runway as a model. A lot of people thought that was shocking. Why did I do it? Was it a desperate cry for attention, like the papers said? Hardly. It's not like I need any more attention. Did I do it for money? Of course not. Modeling doesn't pay that well, anyway, unless you're Gisele or Cindy Crawford, or, like Patti Hansen, you get to marry a rock star. I did it because it was fun.

Those who fear that we are losing our individualism couldn't be more wrong: Americans have never been more free to create and recreate themselves.

I wasn't interested in going to the school dances. I wasn't interested in going to the football games. What I wanted was to be in my room painting my walls and doing weird stuff. That's what I wanted and I got to do what I wanted, so that, to me, is my high school experience.

I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.

I'm going to try to not let anyone put me in a box, and that certainly applies to the things I do outside of acting.

I'm very big on doing my own thing.

I'm not driven by being understood.

I can connect with whoever I want to connect with in the world. And I can also write my own script. I don't have to follow rules. I can sort of just be unconventional.

Being cool is being your own self, not doing something that someone else is telling you to do.

I am definitely an individual.

I appreciate individualism.

Throw out the rule book. If you like wearing navy and black together, wear it; if you like mixing up gold and silver jewellery, mix it. If you like it, wear it - don't care about what anyone else thinks.

No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person.

I love people that willfully defy what you're supposed to be and create their own definition of their selves.

I'm totally committed to the cause of individuality. That's the only thing I stand by: independence.

I think people should do whatever they want to do. That's the point. Why should you care what other people think or say? You're not living in their pocket.

I have always lived the way I wanted regardless of whether or not it was popular.