“We strain to tell Americans and aliens in this country that there's nothing unique about America, nothing unique about American civilization, nothing that requires their allegiance, nothing of great value that they should sacrifice for.” ShouldCountryAmericaValuesSacrificeCivilizationUniqueAliensStrainAllegianceGreat Value Author:Tom Tancredo
“The essence of positioning is sacrifice. You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.” GivingOrderSacrificePositionWillingGiving UpUniqueEssence Book:Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind Source: Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind
“I'm interested in the fact that comics are people who are oddly courageous in their desire and their commitment to sacrificing any sense of normalcy in their lives, any sense of security, and most of them are oddly unique individuals. Let's have a broader conversation with people that have spent their last however-many-years thinking about their lives. I mean, they're philosophers. They're poets. They're people who are on the outside looking in at the world through a different set of values.” PeopleThinkingWorldMeanDifferentDesireValuesIndividualSacrificeSecurityPoetUniqueCommitmentPhilosopherCourageous Author:Marc Maron
“One of the cheapest commodities in the world is unfulfilled genius. All of us want to be known as a unique individual, the one who broke out of the pack. So, you offer yourself up as a sacrifice and what you’re afraid of is losing and being thrown back into the pack. One question taunts you. Do you want to have, or do you want to be?” WorldWantIndividualKnownSacrificeGeniusOffersUniqueLosingBrokeThrownPacksCommodityTauntingUnique Individuals Book:Mitla Pass Source: Mitla Pass