A Quote by Tonya Hurley

I never understood why you tried so hard to fit in, when you were obviously meant to stand out.

Tonya Hurley

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Tonya Hurley
American - Writer

why are trying so hard to fit in, when you're born to stand out

Oliver James

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

Dr. Seuss

When I was young, clothes were really just about what fit, because Ashley and I were so tiny. So I understood fit before I understood style.

Mary-Kate Olsen

We're not meant to fit in. We're meant to stand out.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

I always tried so hard to fit in, and then I figured out that I didn't want to fit.

Anthony Davis

Society likes to file you away, put you in this or that category. And I never fit any category. Maybe that's why I was left out of a lot of things, or why my work was not really understood, because there was no precedent for it.

Agnes Denes

I have been told too much - to talk less, to keep my opinions to myself, to not sound intelligent - all this was told to me so that I could fit in. But I never thought I fit in anyway. So if you don't fit in, at least stand out.

Huma Qureshi

Puma was a great fit for me. Obviously, they were looking for someone that was going to fit their brand, and I was looking to wear stuff that was going to fit me and not where I was going to go out and just blend in with everyone else. So it's been a great fit.

Rickie Fowler

Growing up, I wish I hadn't tried so hard to fit in. I'd tell myself to just embrace what you were born with because it's beautiful and you were made like that for a reason.

Shay Mitchell

He thought he suddenly understood. For the Lincon-shire sergeant-major the word Peace meant that a man could stand up on a hill. For him it meant someone to talk to.

Ford Madox Ford

There were not that many people who were willing to come out and stand up for Muslims or stand up against the abuses of the Bush administration. That was post-9/11, so I think there was a lot of fear at the time about exactly what that meant - were they unpatriotic if they stood up?

Pramila Jayapal

Why fit in when you're born to stand out?

Jerry Spinelli

Why try to fit in when you a stand out?

Joe Budden

High school was hard for me. I tried really hard to fit in and said the things I thought people wanted to hear. But I was unsure of myself. I was self-conscious, and I didn't really know my place or where I fit in.