Linus Torvalds Quotes

Being different is good; embrace it.

I would like for this moment to be for that kid out there who feels like she doesn't fit in anywhere. You do. Stay weird. Stay different, and then when it's your turn and you are standing on this stage please pass the same message along.

If there is any message to my work, it is ultimately that it's ok to be different.

Inclusion is not a matter of political correctness. It is the key to growth.

You know, you don't have to look like everybody else to be acceptable and to feel acceptable.

Different is not wrong.

Different is good. Different is great!

I was definitely considered different growing up. I learned that being me was all right because my family celebrated those differences.

I really hope that the traditional sort of girl that people view as an actress changes. There's room for everyone, you know? All of us bring different things to the table. It's nice to show people that you don't have to be one type of personality to do this.

I would love for 'Hedwig' to be in every tiny shopping mall so every freakish kid like I was can have a broadening experience.

Bring your whole self to work because, that way, you can bring full ideas and the wholeness of your unique abilities.

It is the time to move ahead and bring the change

You don't have to be disabled to be different, because everybody's different.

People who try to be something they are not, the most attractive thing to me are people who are 100% authentically them. And I appreciate and actually always look for people that are different than me in friendships, because that helps me grow.

Everyone has to grow up and that's what we're all doing; we're just doing it in different ways.

Who's to say what's better or worse anyway? Who's to even say what's normal or average? We're all different people and we're allowed to be different from on another. If someone ever says you're weird, say thank you. And then curtsy. No, don't curtsy. That might be too weird. Bow. And tip your imaginary hate. That'll show them.

When you're young, and even at times when you're older, it's hard to fathom this: What needs to be nurtured is the stuff that's different, that sets you apart from the pack, rather than the stuff that helps you blend in.

I'm glad folks think I look different, I'm living a different, happy, more fulfilling life, and I'm thrilled that perhaps it shows.

Everybody is completely different. I think there is no formula for filmmaking. Everybody finds their own way of doing things.

It is not wrong to be different. Sometimes it is hard, but it is not wrong.

I'm one of them. The weirdos and the freaks. My point was that it's ok to be different, and from now on we'd better be, if we're going to make something of ourselves. It's the one thing I learned in school. Different is ok. -Victoria

We are all different and that's okay.

What should you do now? Find a new way. A better way. Your way. The unknown, uncharted path through this wild new world that allows you---yourself, in your uniqueness--to reclaim the full measure of your true nature.

I'm sure people would argue this, but I want to be different in everything I do. I don't think I've been the same in anything I've done, and I want to keep that up.

All change may not be progress, but all progress is the result of change