“The arts have long been an integral and vibrant part of our nation's cultural heritage. In its many forms, art enables us to gain a deeper understanding of ourselves and of our society. Providing us with a unique way to learn about people of other cultures, it allows us to discover all that we have in common. At its best, art can beautify our cities, encourage economic development and social change, and profoundly affect the ways we live our lives.” PeopleWayLongArtFormCultureNationsSocialUnderstandingCommonCitiesOur LivesEconomicDevelopmentUniqueGainsDeeperOur SocietyHeritageProvidingSocial ChangeEconomic DevelopmentOther CulturesCultural HeritageDeeper UnderstandingBest Art Author:William J. Clinton
“People (a group that in my opinion has always attracted an undue amount of attention) have often been likened to snowflakes. This analogy is meant to suggest that each is unique - no two alike. This is quite patently not the case. People, even at the current rate of inflation - in fact, people especially at the current rate of inflation - are quite simply a dime a dozen. And, I hasten to add, their only similarity to snowflakes resides in their invariably and lamentable tendency to turn, after a few warm days, to slush.” PeopleTwoFactsTurnsAttentionOpinionCasesGroupsAmountUniqueAddRateCurrentsWarmTendenciesDozenInflationSimilarityAnalogiesDimesSnowflakeSlush Book:The Fran Lebowitz Reader Source: The Fran Lebowitz Reader
“The political, social, and spiritual impact of the life example set by Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela might be measured in part by the profound and unique gestures made by people in different countries to honor his life upon learning of his death.” PeopleMadeDifferentCountryMightSpiritualPoliticalSocialExampleHonorUniqueImpactProfoundGesturesNelsonDifferent Countries Author:Aberjhani
“I like the fact people consider me unique, one of a kind.” PeopleKindFactsUniqueOne Of A Kind Author:Pau Gasol
“People can overcome their differences, and when united, move toward a world of greater fairness and justice. As in folk music, each person has a unique role to play.” PeopleWorldPersonsPlayMovingDifferencesJusticeUnitedRolesGreaterUniqueOvercomingFolksFairnessFolk Music Author:Peter Yarrow
“Nobody is superior, nobody is inferior, but nobody is equal either. People are simply unique, incomparable. You are you, I am I.” PeopleEqualUniqueSuperiorsInferiorsIncomparable Author:Rajneesh
“What attracted me to it, beyond it being really intelligent, was that it was sadly something that would be unique on television. Anchoring this political show is this vital, dynamic, complex, thriving marriage. These people are passionately and fiercely committed to making it work out.” PeopleShowsWould BePoliticalTelevisionUniqueIntelligentComplexesCommittedWork OutBeing Real Author:Tim Daly
“It's only when you look back sometimes and you look at some people in your life and you're like, Oh my god, there was something so pure about that. The thing that kind of bugged me, maybe, is the thing that's so unique.” PeopleLooksKindSometimesPureUniquePeople In Your Life Author:Todd Haynes
“There's something unique and different that makes a leader, and it's not about creativity or courage or integrity.... A leader's job is to rally people toward a better future.” PeopleDifferentJobsLeaderCreativityIntegrityUniqueBetter Future Author:Marcus Buckingham
“Don't be different. Different scares people. People won't spend their money on different. They will, however, pay a premium for unique.” PeopleDifferentPayUniqueScarePremium Book:It's Called Work for a Reason!: Your Success is Your Own Damn Fault Source: It's Called Work for a Reason!: Your Success is Your Own Damn Fault
“Love yourself. Nobody's perfect. I mean, come on, nobody is perfect. Not you, not your mom, even the people on TV - nobody is perfect, and there's always something that nobody likes, but you know, you just accept that. Your imperfections make you beautiful. It's those things you find you don't like that someone else finds very special and very unique about you.” PeopleKnowsMeanBeautifulPerfectAcceptingSpecialLove YouTvsMomUniqueLikesImperfectionLove YourselfYour MomNobody's Perfect Author:Keke Palmer
“When I think of [my relationship with Gable], considering the way it started, it was curious. We became devoted to each other. We weren't lovers-he was in love with Carole Lombard...we eventually became more like siblings. Nobody believes that and you can understand why...but our relationship was unique. Oh he sometimes gave me the macho routine when people were watching but he changed when we were alone.” PeopleThinkingWayBelieveSometimesChangedLoversUniqueCuriousRoutineOur RelationshipDevotedConsideringSiblingMacho Author:Myrna Loy
“It's interesting because what I do and what I sing is, to other people, pretty unique. I feel I'm creating my own path... and I'm working on growing as a performer.” PeopleFeelsMy OwnInterestingPathGrowingCreatingUniquePerformers Author:Jackie Evancho
“Don't listen to people who tell you that very few people get published and you won't be one of them. Don't listen to your friend who says you are better that Tolkien and don't have to try any more. Keep writing, keep faith in the idea that you have unique stories to tell, and tell them.” PeopleWritingTryingIdeasStoriesUniqueKeep The Faith Author:Robin Hobb
“all of us feel special inside to where we feel as if we are the best, unique, or blessed. of course this is true, our error in this thought process is we forget that all the other people and all living things are just as special as we feel about ourselve.” PeopleIfsFeelsCoursesProcessForgetSpecialUniqueBlessedErrorsLiving ThingsThought Process Author:Jamie Foxx
“It's the hardest thing for an actor not to speak because you take away their main tool. So for an actor, it's very frustrating and very challenging, and very few people can pull it off. Some actors can say a thousand words with just a look, and it's a unique gift.” PeopleLooksActorsSpeakChallengesThousandUniqueToolsHardestHardest ThingFrustratingUnique Gifts Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“Through working with amazing people, the bar is always raised to do your own best work. I want to be a part of unique stories that are smart, heartfelt, funny and sad, and have a general sense of good quality.” PeopleWantStoriesQualityUniqueSmartRaisedBarsBest WorkHeartfeltGood QualityAmazing People Author:Ari Graynor
“If people enjoy the film, it can be really intriguing to see what created that film, how each one of those unique components came together, who the people are who did it and what it meant to them to do it.” PeopleIfsTogetherFilmEnjoyUniqueComponentsIntriguing Author:Patrick Lussier
“I found the people to be very kind and generous. It was unique because the crew was mainly Ugandan [filming The Last King of Scotland]. They had never done a film before. So, they were learning the process of making films, but at the same time they were also helping with the authenticity of the film.” PeopleKindDoneHelpingLastsFilmFoundProcessKingsUniqueAuthenticityGenerousCrewScotland Author:Forest Whitaker
“What's always struck me is how different the sensory, especially auditory, experience is when you're in the middle of the music with the musicians playing off each other around you. I wanted to find a way to unlock the intensity of that, to recreate that unique perspective, first for the hundreds of people who attended the concert, and eventually for a much larger online audience.” PeopleWayFirstsDifferentWantedAudienceMiddlePerspectiveMusicianUniqueOnlineConcertsIntensitySensoryAuditoryUnique Perspective Author:Chris Milk
“What's most insidious about MTV is that it commodifies precisely those things that young people believe are subversive. In other words, subversity itself has become a commodity. It's all a way to trick young people into believing that there's something unique about what they do, but this is all completely a corporately designed maneuver.” PeopleWayBelieveYoungUniqueTricksCommoditySubversiveMtvInsidious Author:Todd Solondz
“I look for something unique, and I look for people who haven't reached their potential. I think I'm pretty good at developing talent.” PeopleThinkingLooksTalentHavensUniqueDeveloping Author:Roger Ailes
“Each of these "houses of hope" had their own unique "ingredients" based on their inheritance, but I also saw some common ingredients that were shared by all: ... In conclusion, the Lord is saying, "Because of what has been loosed on the earth, angels are ascending and descending, as well as demons. My people must run into the house of hope! The river will take you there! This is not a fearful thing. Respond!" I am hearing the Lord giving this call to the nations. Don't be like Reuben in Judges 5, who couldn't decide, Do I go, do I stay? The Lord is shouting, "Run into that house of hope!"” PeopleGivingWellsHas BeensRunningEarthHouseNationsCommonLordSawsJudgingUniqueAngelRiversHearingConclusionDemonIngredientsFearfulInheritanceShoutingDescendingAscending Author:Bob Hartley
“... many Hindus are willing to consider Jesus as a legitimate manifestation of the divine... many Buddhists see Jesus as one of humanity's most enlightened people.... A shared reappraisal of Jesus' message could provide a unique space or common ground for urgently needed religious dialogue - and it doesn't seem an exaggeration to say that the future of our planet may depend on such dialogue. This reappraisal of Jesus' message may be the only project capable of saving a number of religions.” PeopleMaySeemsHumanityJesusReligiousSpaceCommonNumbersDivineWillingPlanetsDependsNeededProjectsMessagesCapableUniqueDialogueSavingBuddhistManifestationEnlightenedOur PlanetExaggerationCommon Ground Author:Brian D. McLaren
“You have to have a product or service that offers customers a unique advantage over the competition. Some people think it has to be price, but only one person can have the lowest price, and the person with the lowest price isn't necessarily the most successful.” PeopleThinkingPersonsSuccessfulProductsOffersUniqueAdvantageCompetitionCustomersLowest Author:Cameron Johnson
“Whether that expansion is towards the beings around you or flora, fauna, and creatures. Love has so many unique yet consistent forms. People like Branson - he's an idea guru. Guys like Allan Savory - he's like Father Earth. Allan has literally discovered how to stop desertification and make Africa come alive with plant life. In each of its forms, love has an infinite scope of potential expansion, all of which I see leading to growth.” PeopleIdeasEarthFormGuyFatherGrowthAliveCreaturesUniqueInfinitePlantConsistentExpansionScopeGuruFloraSavoryPlant Life Author:Ian Somerhalder
“Some people feel that it's controversial if I say that because my dad is known as a political artist. But I don't really believe that he was a political artist. I think some of his songs were political, and I think they were incredible because he was able to make art that was political and that wasn't pedantic. But I think he was unique in being able to do that.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsBelieveArtAblePoliticalArtistSongKnownDadUniqueIncrediblesMy DadControversialPedantic Author:Sean Lennon
“If it has to be put in a box, it's a country record. But it's hard to do that, because it is inspired and influenced by the history of music in two different people's backgrounds. I think the focal point for many is the harmonies, and I think that is what is special and unique about it.” PeopleIfsThinkingTwoDifferentCountryHardRecordsSpecialUniqueHarmonyInspiredBoxesBackgroundsDifferent PeoplesFocal PointHistory Of Music Author:Jessica Harp
“I am interested in the interaction of a group of people who have a common goal, or a common obsession, each contributing something unique to make something greater than the sum of its parts. I don't know why, but from day one, that has interested me.” PeopleKnowsGoalCommonGreaterGroupsUniqueObsessionInteractionContributingCommon Goal Author:Steven Van Zandt
“My husband and I are in preproduction of three movies, a Latin show, and a children's animation. I'm doing a very unique nail polish line, and finally, I'm developing a hair care line because people always ask me about my hair care system. I do a mask once a week that my grandma taught me how to make, so I want to share it with everyone.” PeopleWantChildrenShowsCareThreeAsksLinesWeekShareTaughtHairHusbandUniqueDevelopingAsk MeMaskMy HusbandLatinNailsAnimationPolishGrandmaMy GrandmaNail Polish Author:Joyce Giraud
“As a businessman, you have to trust people. To find two people who lied the way [Vick and Petrino] lied, that's unique and that's not Arthur's fault. It's not a flaw of Arthur's. It's a flaw of these two guys.” PeopleWayTwoGuyUniqueFaultsFlawsBusinessmanLiedArthurTwo Guys Author:Bernard Marcus
“You can be a couple in London who happen to take pictures of their breakfasts every day - it's called @symmetrybreakfast - and you can gain hundreds of thousands of followers overnight because people are genuinely interested in your unique angle on the world.” PeopleWorldHappensCoupleUniqueGainsLondonBreakfastFollowersAngle Author:Kevin Systrom
“When I was writing the memoir, every page was a battle with myself because I knew I had to tell the truth. That's what the memoir form demands. I also had to figure out how much of the truth do I tell, how do I make the truth as balanced as I possibly can? How do I make these people as complicated and as human and as unique and as multifaceted as I possibly can? For me, that was the way I attempted to counteract some of that criticism.” PeopleWayWritingHumansFormFiguresBattleDemandPagesUniqueCriticismComplicatedMemoirTelling The TruthBalanced Author:Jesmyn Ward
“I talk about my grandmother a lot, because she's an amazing person - not in some dramatic, distinct, unique way, but anybody who is the daughter of enslaved people and who has found a way to be hopeful and create love and value justice and seek peace is a remarkable person.” PeopleWayPersonsValuesFoundJusticeUniqueDaughterDramaticHopefulRemarkableGrandmotherMy GrandmotherAmazing Person Author:Bryan Stevenson
“Being unique seems more desirable than ever. People are exhausted by clichés, by platitudes, by mass-produced realities, by what's been done and done and done. The role of a true artist is to present their own unique vision, and so it has always made sense to me that works of art should be radical.” PeopleShouldArtMadeDoneRealitySeemsArtistVisionRolesMassUniqueRadicalWorks Of ArtExhaustedDesirableTrue ArtistsPlatitudesBeing Unique Author:Porochista Khakpour
“I feel like, these days there's so much music and so many bands, that it's exciting to hear when people go through the whole process with their own sort of system of making the music. It gives it a much more personal individual feel, like unique feel, when somebody has a really idiosyncratic set-up, or they just have what might be considered strange ways of going about the process that yields results that are not just cookie-cutter sounds like everything else... and I think that can only be a positive thing.” PeopleThinkingWayGivingFeelsWholeMightIndividualProcessSoundResultsStrangeBandUniqueExcitingThese DaysYieldCookiesPositive ThingsCuttersCookie Cutters Author:Panda Bear
“Sometimes you can just tell there's something unique about it, but you can never really truly tell until you show it to a third party - you show it to you friends, or you show it to people you know that know about music like my label or those kinda people.” PeopleKnowsSometimesShowsPartyUniqueThirdsLabelsThird Parties Author:Flume
“As a male, I thought the female voice was so strong, unique, real and accessible to most females. In some way, shape or form, they felt like they could relate to it, on some level, because they went through some form of unspeakable horror like what Kilgrave did to Jessica [Jones]. That, in itself, is something that most people shy away from, even in shows that are on cable or in movies.” PeopleWayRealShowsFormStrongFeltVoiceLevelsHorrorShapesUniqueFemaleMalesRelateShyCablesUnspeakableJessicaJessica JonesFemale Voice Author:Mike Colter
“This show [Jessica Jones] was exploring the aftermath, and that is unique. You're sitting there going, "I know what happens. This is the aftermath." You watch her daily life and how she dealt with people, like new prospects for love or friends that were close to her, but she didn't know if she could trust them or if they were enemies.” PeopleIfsKnowsShowsHappensEnemyWatchesUniqueSittingDaily LifeExploringProspectsAftermathJessicaJessica Jones Author:Mike Colter
“If I'm not writing about myself, then I sit down with people I really dig writing with and throw 'em out and see if something sticks. Their brain plus mine hopefully will make something interesting and cool and it will just snowball and we'll have a unique song by the end of it.” PeopleIfsWritingEndsSongInterestingBrainMinesUniqueSticksHopefullyEmsPlusSomething InterestingSnowball Author:Kacey Musgraves
“Obviously I've always loved singing and performing, but I fell in love with songwriting and then I enjoyed doing that for other people and getting coached. But then I kind of stumbled into the right group of people that really started to create some unique music for me and what I wanted to say, so then it made me want to be an artist.” PeopleWantKindMadeWantedArtistGroupsUniqueSingingEnjoyedPerformingSongwriting Author:Kacey Musgraves
“I've gotten a lot of exposure for my writing. My writing blog has gotten over 1000 unique hits since the Observer piece (quite a lot as before it was something like 20 people a day if I was lucky.) But more importantly the coverage exposed me to and so has allowed me to connect with a lot of new people I really enjoy interacting with.” PeopleIfsWritingEnjoyPiecesLuckyUniqueExposedObserversExposureBlogsCoverageInteracting Author:Marie Calloway
“I think it's almost a unique control that artists can have now more than they ever did, I think if you don't be proactive about how you want your music to be visually represented, I think other people will do it for you - so how comfortable are you with people putting their own two cents on it?” PeopleIfsThinkingWantTwoArtistComfortableUniqueCentsProactiveTwo Cents Author:Lizzy Plapinger
“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
“I think the more people you add on stage, the more locked it things become. Whereas fewer members on stage gets the audience to notice any small idiosyncrasy or unique moment that one of the three people onstage is having. It also means that mistakes are accentuated, but to good affect generally if you are that type of band.” PeopleIfsThinkingMeanMomentsThreeMistakeAudienceStageTypeBandMembersUniqueAddFewerLockedIdiosyncrasies Author:Chris Cain
“I think everybody is different. We are trying to be ourselves, and other people are trying to be themselves. We all share commonalities with each other, but all of us have different thumbprints. We all have our own unique things.” PeopleThinkingTryingDifferentShareUniqueCommonalityUnique ThingsThumbprints Author:Michael Gungor
“Do not turn into just cookie-cutter producer, cookie-cutter this, but a producer that people say wow, when they do something it's great or just unique or whatever.” PeopleTurnsUniqueProducersWowCookiesCuttersCookie Cutters Author:Ice Cube
“I don't want to get myself in trouble - and I don't think I'm super important or anything - but I think it's so funny that when you look at the business and the way that people make decisions in their lives, whether they're in art or music or they're in industry, they forget that being unique is the answer.” PeopleThinkingWayWantLooksArtImportantDecisionAnswersForgetTroubleIndustryUniqueBeing Unique Author:Justin Vernon
“People didn't get to see how other towns interpreted the underground ethos, and so they developed their own unique versions of it.” PeopleUniqueTownsVersionsEthos Author:Michael Azerrad
“When I was writing the book, I thought "Who wants to hear another story about some actor who lost his way?" But my story is a little unique in that I realized when I was 14 years old that I was different. I think a lot of gay people use drugs and alcohol to quell that fear and shame - especially people of my age.” PeopleThinkingWayWantWritingYearsLittlesBookDifferentStoriesUseAgeActorsLostGayDrugUniqueShameAlcoholI RealizedGay PeopleDrugs And Alcohol Author:Leslie Jordan