A Quote by James Thurber

Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?

James Thurber

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James Thurber
American - Author
December 8, 1894 - November 2, 1961

When I was in fourth grade, we were learning vocabulary words, and the word nonconformist came up. The teacher said, "It's somebody who whatever everybody is doing, they do the opposite." I remember raising my hand and saying, "Mrs. Christiansen, I would like to be a nonconformist."

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