Being with the mainstream isn't very difficult - the tide is powerful, and it is easy to let it sweep us along with it. But going against the tide is very difficult. First of all, one must recognise very exactly what the tide is and where it is going.
I love David's attitude in the Bible. He wasn't afraid to go against the trends. He wasn't going to be defined by the opinions of others.
To achieve the impossible, it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought
One of the ways to avoid being beaten by the system is to laugh at it.
I've been ostracized before in legislative bodies for voting against the majority. That doesn't bother me.
Normality is death.
Trends can tyrannize; trends are traps. In any creative industry, the fact that others are moving in a certain direction is always proof positive, at least to me, that a new direction is the only direction.
To get to play a man that has broken walls, that's broken barriers, that's an honor.
Ah, but it's nice to be in the opposition, nice to be a bone in somebody's throat.
You can be an underdog, but you can beat the champion.
There are some in the establishment who dislike a candidate who thinks for himself and isn't easily controlled by the Washington establishment. I will be someone who will be taking a firm stand on principle and will not be knuckling under whenever the establishment snaps its fingers.
