Julie Payette Quotes

Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.

Every one of us is different in some way but for those of us who are more 'different,' we have to put more effort into convincing the less different that we can do the same thing as they can... just differently.

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

I have to accept my life is different to most people.

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

I think, irrespective of your race, everybody has moments in life where they don't fit in, or where they try to puzzle through who they really are or to find the courage of their convictions.

When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't.

She's not perfect, but she tries so hard for me. And I thank God, that she isn't, cause how boring that would be.

We are all different and that's okay.

I felt different although my mum kept reminding me it was OK to be different.

And when I go around and talk to schools, what I tell the kids are, first of all, you have to accept each other's differences. Some of you are going to be a crappy football player, some of you are going to be a great mathematician. Whatever it is, accept each other's differences and help prop each other up.

I grew up in a small town where everyone wanted to be the same or look the same and was afraid to be different.

Glee's good because it tackles the issues by embracing what's different, and telling people, 'That's what makes you special' - I think that's the underlying thing.

At the end of the day, people have to respect people's differences. I am different than some people would like me to be.

Once people come to Australia, they join the team.

I think everyone has been different once in their life.

You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same.

I believe it is the flaws that make us interesting, our backgrounds, the hardships.

When you're a kid, you might be picked on for your differences. When you're an adult, employers, colleges, friends - people look for differences when you're adult, and that's what makes you shine and stand out.

Everyone's journey is completely different.

I didn't see how wearing prosthetics was quite so different from being born with flaming red hair in a crowd of black-haired babies, or being of a different religion from that of every other child in your area.

Individuality is only possible if it unfolds from wholeness.

I never felt any different from anyone else though.

If there's any message to my work, it is ultimately that it's OK to be different, that it's good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different color.

Everybody handles things differently.