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Conformity Quote by Anais Nin

“The suppression of inner patterns in favor of patterns created…” quote by Anais Nin — Download Open image

“The suppression of inner patterns in favor of patterns created by society is dangerous to us.”

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“All to often, on the long road up, young leaders become servants of what is rather than shapers of what might be.”

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The Chains of conformity click in tiresomely monotonous unison.

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No shepherd and one herd! Everybody wants the same, everybody is the same: whoever feels different goes voluntarily into a madhouse.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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Ideation is not a synonym for innovation, conformity is not its simple antonym, and innovation is not the automatic consequence of "creative thinking.".

Theodore Levitt

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“I lead with the knowingness that my reality conforms to my wishes and desires instantly.”

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Officers conditioned to conformity in peacetime cannot be expected to behave boldly and flexibly in combat.

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