Deepak Chopra Quotes

The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.

Every person born into the world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique....If there had been someone like her in the world, there would have been no need for her to be born." --Martin Buber as quoted in Narrative Means for Sober Ends, by Jon Diamond, p.78

I had no reason to want to copy anybody else. What I wanted to give audiences for the few minutes that I thought my career would last was something unique.

When it comes to words I have a uniqueness that I find almost impossible in art – and it's my words that actually make my art quite unique.

The unique must be fulfilled.

In my movies, I'm not trying to erase any old image of myself, really. And also I'm not trying to imitate anyone or follow in their footsteps, because I know, Burt Reynolds was just one of the people that told me this, I know how you can only last in this business if you got something special to offer, just by being yourself.

Different is better. I get more jobs being different.

Every song, every form of art, clothing, shoes, it has to be special.

I have a friend who is very successful in business, and his motto is, 'Don't do what you can do. Do what only you can do.' First of all, you have to know what your specific, unique gift is and then you do that... every actor does that but every once in a while an actor plays a part that only they can play.

Things aren't interesting if you level them. It's the voice that's interesting.

A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket.

Everyone takes pictures, so you need to have your own opinion.

I don't want to be the cliche American Idol dude. I want to be different, you know - that's the whole goal, me and music. It's about being yourself and being unique.

You want to stake your own claim. You don't want to be called a copycat.

You really do have to be different. You really do have to set yourself apart.

I have an original voice. It may not be the best voice, but it's distinct, and I think that's what has carried me through the years.

I'm attracted to things that are different than the average run-of-the-mill stuff.

I am not like any other singer in America - I am a new creation.

The movies I do have to be different in some way. Nothing vanilla will do.

In a sea of millions of people, you really have to set yourself apart to make a statement.

I'm unlike any other creator on the Internet.

From the way I sing to what I write about to what I put out with my stamp separates me from everyone else.

Every single club is special and is different.

I'm happy that all my films are different from one another.

I am not like any other wrestler.