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Conventional is not for me. I like things that are uniquely Flo. I like being different. ↗

— Florence Griffith Joyner

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It didn't matter that I wore clothes from Sears; I was still different. I looked different. My name was different. I wanted to pull away from the things that marked my parents as being different. ↗

— Jhumpa Lahiri

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Bullying is killing our kids. Being different is killing our kids and the kids who are bullying are dying inside. We have to save our kids whether they are bullied or they are bullying. They are all in pain. ↗

— Cat Cora

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I grew up in Dallas, with cowboys. I was the only guy in sixth grade with long hair and an earring. Let's just say I got a lot of, er, flak for being different. ↗

— Barry Watson

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Unfortunately, in some parts of the country, some kids are taught at an early age that being different is somehow bad or wrong or worthy of ridicule. ↗

— Matt Bomer

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The panic of the Depression loosened my inhibitions against being different. I could be myself. ↗

— Emanuel Celler

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It's really important to share the idea that being different might feel like a problem at the time, but ultimately diversity is a strength. ↗

— Carson Kressley

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