Yeah, but if you're not doing what everyone else is doing then you're going to be misunderstood. People are going to wonder why you're trying to be different; it's just a natural instinct.
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GARY VAYNERCHUK Whatever it is you're doing, whether it's your career or a particular focus, if you're t... GRANT ACHATZ Sometimes it's just harder to remind yourself about what you're doing and why you're doi... ANDRE AGASSI I'll tell a young kid in a minute, 'If you don't know how to read, then what good is try... RAEKWON I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're photographi... MARY ELLEN MARK If you're going to self - publish, you need to know why you're doing it, what you want to ac... VICTORIA STRAUSS I think if you're an unhappy person, you're always going to be an unhappy person. You're... SIMON COWELL It's concerning to me when people look at the course of education as just a means for getting a ... DAN PINK If you had a job, and every day you're going back home and telling all your friends how horrible... STEVE SCALISE There's nothing more powerful than to consider why you're running, no matter what pain you... ELOISE WELLINGS Those who want to be serious photographers, you're really going to have to edit your work. You... ANNIE LEIBOVITZ Most TV shows are writing the next episode while you're directing the one you're doing, and ... ALEX GRAVES You just have to enjoy what you're doing. You just never know how people are going to receive it... MADCHEN AMICK If you're doing this because you feel like you have a burning desire to do it, then you'll f... TRISHA YEARWOOD If people are worried, if they're fearful, if they feel a sense of grievance or that they're... DAN PINK We're not doing brain surgery. We're not saving lives... Even if you're doing Shakespear... JULIA STILES If you're going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else you're going to be locked u... HUNTER S. THOMPSON There's always pressure, from other people and yourself. If you're happy with the looks you&... NATALIE PORTMAN If it seems like you're doing work when you're acting, then you're doing something wrong... PARKER STEVENSON If you're trying to please everyone, then you're not going to make anything that is honestly... VIGGO MORTENSEN At an individual level just as much as a corporate level, this notion of if you're not really pa... JOHN HAGEL III Naw, it - it never stops, man... You gotta be doing what you're supposed to be doing - whenever,... TAJ MAHAL If you're great, that means you're freaked out that the next day you're not going to be ... JIMMY IOVINE I think that no matter what you're doing as a teenager, you're going to be presented with pe... SARA PAXTON I think if you're gonna do something as silly and lighthearted as entertainment, then why not be... CHELSEA HANDLER I've said before: 'If you're going to earnestly sing a song around a campfire, you'd... COLIN TREVORROW And if you don't have your ears open, you're not going to be able to figure out what you sho... WALTER ISAACSON Conflicts of interest' arise when you're not - when you're sneaky about it, when you'... SEAN SPICER When you bite off only what you can chew, you're going to disappoint people. Guess what? Not you... KRIS CARR If you're going to be a good and faithful judge, you have to resign yourself to the fact that yo... ANTONIN SCALIA I'm sure other people in the business have considered reasons why they're doing what they... RACHEL MADDOW If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's going to be average... DEREK WALCOTT I think success right now is not about how famous you are or how much you're getting paid, but i... SARAH HYLAND Just by being out you're doing your part. It's like recycling. You're doing your part fo... MARTINA NAVRATILOVA If you're not brave, you're not going to be free. NEWT GINGRICH Don't ever, ever, believe anyone who tells you that you can just get by, by doing the easiest th... MARIA BARTIROMO I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate. JEFF BEZOS We make music for a living. Like I've always said, if you like what you're doing, you're... EDDIE VAN HALEN Honestly, when you're making a movie, you never say, 'Oh, this one's going to suck and g... JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE If we keep doing what we're doing, we're going to keep getting what we're getting. STEPHEN COVEY If you think you know where you're going to be 10 years from now, that's where you're at... LARRY POONS I've only had success when I'm not trying to. It's that weird thing where if you're ... MIKE POSNER I work so hard to make that sure I'm successful. If you're positive and really excited and e... SHAWN MENDES Don't cling to fame. You're just borrowing it. It's like money. You're going to die,... SONNY BONO Don't try to be what you're not. If you're nervous, be nervous. If you're shy, be sh... ADRIANA LIMA You're going to be way happier doing what you actually love and finding other people that love t... AFROJACK When you're young, you don't feel iconoclastic - you're just kind of doing what seems na... GARRY TRUDEAU If you don't have a tonne of optimism, you're not going to make it... you won't be able ... ASTRO TELLER If you don't take a Sabbath, something is wrong. You're doing too much, you're being too... EUGENE H. PETERSON If you're you, it doesn't matter if you're the most boring person in the world: someone ... LIL UZI VERT Fame is a funny thing. I like doing normal things. I like going to fairs. I like going to ball games... CHRIS EVANS When you're young, you don't have any experience - you're charged up, but you're out... NEIL YOUNG Everyone in business is tenacious and extremely aggressive. If you're not a 'now' person... LARRY WILCOX Someone said to me at a party once, 'Oh, yeah, you're a comedian? Then how come you're n... MIKE BIRBIGLIA If you're going to die, then die. If you're going to live, then fight. EMILIE AUTUMN If you're playing within your capability, what's the point? If you're not pushing your o... NIGEL KENNEDY When it sort of finally sets in that you're not going to be doing that anymore... it's disap... WILL ARNETT If you're going to be a bum, be the biggest. If you're going to blow it, blow it big. BRODERICK CRAWFORD If you're not having fun - I don't care what you're doing - don't do it. Move on. Fi... JERRY DOYLE If you're always battling against getting older, you're always going to be unhappy, because ... MITCH ALBOM I always felt that if somebody picks on you it's because they're not happy doing what they... BENJAMIN WALKER It's hard finding people you trust or who aren't going to take your money. Everyone wants to... CARA DELEVINGNE But it doesn't matter what you're doing, it matters how you're doing it. DAN SAVAGE Anytime you really take a close look at people who are dealing with the aging process, you're go... RON HOWARD If you're going to do something, you're going to do it to be the best. COLIN KAEPERNICK If you're going to do something that's going to cause offence to people, you're always g... IRVINE WELSH As a child growing up, it's going to be what you're going to remember most. What you liked o... DANIEL BOULUD When you're in that scene, you really wonder if this is all you're ever going to be. You kno... WILLIE AAMES The thing about reading is that if you are hooked, you're not going to stop just because one ser... EOIN COLFER But if you're doing something, show up everyday, and something good might happen - it's not ... RANDY NEWMAN When you're younger, you kind of assume you'll be fine at whatever. Then you get older, and ... ETHAN COEN If you're the person living closest to the parent who's going to need help, and you take on ... GAIL SHEEHY Do good 'cause God wants you to be happy. When you come to church, when you worship Him, you'... VICTORIA OSTEEN If you're shooting to make the world 10% better, you're in a smartness contest with everyone... ASTRO TELLER We're not going to pierce everything that we have and paint our faces trying to get a different ... CHRIS KIRKPATRICK There's always going to be someone out there... who doesn't believe in you or who thinks you... JIMMY FALLON When no one knows you, and you're just trying to break into stuff, it's so good because you ... CHRIS LILLEY If you're middle aged... where're you going to go to meet someone? You're not going to g... ELIZABETH PERKINS I'm just not into trying to convince people like me. I always say to myself, 'It is what it ... NENE LEAKES You can be going through hardships sometimes, and you're struggling, and then you're wonderi... BECKY LYNCH You get to the point where you're like, 'I'm just doing me, and if people don't like... BEBE REXHA If only the people around you know you're an artist, then you're doing something wrong. FETTY WAP Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON It's interesting how we often can't see the ways in which we are being strong - like, you ca... LENA DUNHAM If you're doing a prison show, HBO is the absolute best place in the world to be doing that beca... J. K. SIMMONS When you start believing you're something special, then you're not going to be striving to m... ROBIN TROWER If you're not happy before you're successful, you're going to be miserable when you do b... SINBAD People think that if you've written a book and somebody's given you a pat on the back then, ... BARRY LOPEZ You can say we're trying too hard or that we didn't try hard enough, but we're not tryin... TAYLOR HANSON If you're getting ready to do a really emotional scene then, right before it, you're probabl... EMILIE DE RAVIN The mind is pretty powerful. In skating, you learn to click into that zone and focus not necessarily... DOROTHY HAMILL You do stand-up because you have to do it. 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