#conform

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

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But human beings are not machines, and however powerful the pressure to conform, they sometimes are so moved by what they see as injustice that they dare to declare their independence. In that historical possibility lies hope. ↗

— Howard Zinn

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I'm not going to conform to some consumer need. ↗

— Billie Joe Armstrong

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I was a brownie for a day. My mom made me stop. She didn't want me to conform. ↗

— Sandra Bullock

#conform #day #i #made #me

Men cannot make Scripture conform to their lifestyle; they must make their lifestyle conform to Scripture. ↗

— Edwin Louis Cole

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No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by being a conformist. ↗

— J. Paul Getty

#any #being #business #conformist #get

I then endeavoured to show that it is more especially in the thorough conformity with law which natural phenomena and natural products exhibit, and in the comparative ease with which laws can be stated, that this difference exists. ↗

— Hermann von Helmholtz

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Not that I wish by any means to deny, that the mental life of individuals and peoples is also in conformity with law, as is the object of philosophical, philological, historical, moral, and social sciences to establish. ↗

— Hermann von Helmholtz

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Modeling is always something I've really admired because I've seen my mum and sister do it. ↗

— Georgia Jagger

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Pop music allows you to be who you are without having to wear a social uniform or to conform, which some people find impossible to do. ↗

— Siobhan Fahey

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