“I am not interested in being a role model, or in fulfilling the expectations of others. I know I am of most use to others and to myself by being this unique self: Nature, I have noticed, is not particularly devoted to copies, and human beings needn't be either.” KnowsHumansSelfUseHuman BeingsRolesUniqueModelsExpectationsCopiesRole ModelsDevotedNot InterestedUniquenessFulfillingBeing A Role ModelUnique Self Book:The Same River Twice Source: The Same River Twice
“No longer do we accept the 'sublimation model' according to which 'the function of art is to sublimate or transform experience, raising it from ordinary to extraordinary, from commonplace to unique, from low to high'.” ArtPoetryAcceptingUniqueModelsLowsOrdinaryArt IsFunctionExtraordinaryCommonplace Author:Rosalind E. Krauss
“External success has to do with people who may see me as a model, or an example, or a representative. As much as I may dislike or want to reject that responsibility, this is something that comes with public success. It's important to give others a sense of hope that it is possible and you can come from really different places in the world and find your own place in the world that's unique for yourself.” PeopleWorldWantGivingMayImportantDifferentResponsibilityExampleUniqueModelsRejectsDislikeRepresentativesDifferent PlacePlaces In The World Author:Amy Tan
“You have to look for a unique quality in that person and it's not just always physical. I don't think models are great models because of their face or their body. Obviously, I think their physical characteristics are important, but I think it's very much about your personality and inner beauty and really understanding how to be a great model instinctively. And that's where it all comes from.” ThinkingLooksPersonsImportantBodyFacesUnderstandingQualityPersonalityUniqueModelsCharacteristicsInner Beauty Author:Michael Flutie
“I feel blessed because not only my character is, but I, myself, can be a role model for people to show that is okay to be your own unique self.” PeopleFeelsSelfCharacterShowsRolesUniqueModelsOkayBlessedRole ModelsUnique Self Author:Atticus Shaffer
“The problem the world faces today is that only one-third of the world's population lives in decent circumstances, while half the population of the world lives on one or two dollars a day. And even as we have this poverty and backwardness, we are facing a global environmental crisis. We need developmental models that will take into account the specific and unique position of each country and at the same time will address the environmental crisis.” WorldNeedsTwoCountryProblemTodayFacesHalfPovertyPositionCircumstancesUniqueModelsThirdsAccountsCrisisDollarsEnvironmentalPopulationDecentAddressesDevelopmentalWorld LifeEnvironmental Crisis Author:Mikhail Gorbachev
“If you say something that is a little unsafe to say but you feel strongly and passionate about it, a lot of people can attack you and call you a bad role model just because they don't agree with your views, but in reality we're all different and we're all unique in our own way and we all have different thoughts.” PeopleIfsWayFeelsLittlesDifferentRealityViewsRolesUniqueModelsAgreePassionateRole ModelsUnsafe Author:Melanie Martinez
“I recognize that I have a unique position to be a role model to young girls because I am doing something that they consider glamorous, which is acting, and yet I took a time to really get my education and study mathematics, and I think math is the cat's meow.” ThinkingYoungGirlActingRolesStudyPositionUniqueModelsCatMathematicsMathRole ModelsGlamorous Author:Danica McKellar
“The world in which you were born is just one model of reality. Other cultures are not failed attempts at being you; they are unique manifestations of the human spirit.” WorldInspirationalHumansRealitySpiritualSpiritCultureBornCommunityHuman NatureUniqueModelsManifestationJust OneUniquenessHuman SpiritAttemptingBeing DifferentDifferent CulturesOther Cultures Author:Wade Davis
“[E]ach of our voices has something unique to say. Not only should I not mold my life to the demands of external conformity; I can't even find the model by which to live outside myself. I can only find it within.” ShouldI CanVoiceDemandUniqueModelsConformityShould IMold Book:Multiculturalism Source: Multiculturalism
“I started to do stop-motion when I was a kid. You take a Super 8 and make some models, and move, click, move, click. All that. I love all forms of animation, but there is something unique and special to stop-motion: it's more real and the set is lit like a set. But I think it's also a kind of lonely and dark thing to want to do.” ThinkingWantKindRealKidsMovingFormDarkSpecialUniqueModelsLonelyLitAnimationClicksDark Things Author:Tim Burton