Black Sheep Quotes

• I'm a little bit more unusual so I consider myself as the black sheep.

  Ann Wilson

  Sheep, Black, Littles

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• Within three months I had gone from being this black sheep of the town to suddenly becoming a pop star.

  Alison Moyet

  Stars, Sheep, Black

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• Somehow I think it was declared very early on that I was the - if not the black sheep of the family, not a very good student.

  Dustin Hoffman

  Thinking, Sheep, Black

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• I was literally the black sheep of the family, and there were definitely moments of discomfort while my grandmother was working through her racism.

  Lisa Bonet

  Grandmother, Sheep, Racism

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• After the accident Black Sheep was pretty much at an end.

  Lou Gramm

  Sheep, Black, Ends

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• I feel kind of like the black sheep in Congress, but here I am.

  Sonny Bono

  Sheep, Here I Am, Black

  "Sonny Bono Killed In Skiing Accident", www.cnn.com. January 6, 1998.

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• I was considered the black sheep of the family, neighbours didn't want their kids playing with me.

  Michelle Pfeiffer

  Kids, Sheep, Black

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• Do not cringe and make yourself small if you are called the black sheep, the maverick, the lone wolf. Those with slow seeing say that a noncomformist is a blight on society. But it has been proven over the centuries, that being different means standing at the edge, that one is practically guaranteed to make an original contribution, a useful and stunning contribution to her culture.

  Clarissa Pinkola Estes

  Mean, Healing, Sheep

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• We're poor little lambs who've lost our way, Baa! Baa! Baa! We're little black sheep who've gone astray, Baa-aa-aa! Gentlemen-rankers out on the spree, Damned from here to Eternity, God ha' mercy on such as we, Baa! Yah! Bah!

  Rudyard Kipling

  Sheep, Gentleman, Black

  "Gentlemen-Rankers" st. 1 (1892)

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• When the Lord's white sheep become dirty gray, all black sheep feel more comfortable.

  Vance Havner

  Christian, Dirty, Sheep

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• A black sheep is a biting beast.

  Thomas Bastard

  Sheep, Black, Biting

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 740, 1922.

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• I was a black sheep, but now I'm just a goat

  Kendrick Lamar

  Sheep, Black, Goats

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• The brotherhood of men does not imply their equality. Families have their fools and their men of genius, their black sheep and their saints, their worldly successes and their worldly failures. A man should treat his brothers lovingly and with justice, according to the deserts of each. But the deserts of every brother are not the same.

  Aldous Huxley

  Brother, Men, Sheep

  Aldous Huxley (2000). “Complete Essays: 1926-1929”, Ivan R Dee

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• Ian’s the black sheep.” “I thought I was the black sheep,” said Seth, sounding almost hurt. “No. You’re the unfocused artistic one. I’m the responsible one. Ian’s the wild, hedonistic one.” “What’s hedonistic?” asked Kendall. Her father considered. “It means you run up a lot of credit card bills you can’t pay, change jobs a lot, and have a lot of…lady friends.

  Richelle Mead

  Running, Hurt, Jobs

  Richelle Mead (2011). “Succubus On Top”, p.198, Kensington Publishing Corp.

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• I'm a prodigal son. The black sheep of a white flock. I shall die on the gallows.

  William A. Drake

  Death, Son, Sheep

  "Fictional character: Baron Felix von Geigern". "Grand Hotel", www.imdb.com. 1932.

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• One cannot blame an organization that picks up an occasional black sheep, one only takes exception if it retains an accumulation of them.

  Dion Fortune

  Sheep, Organization, Black

  Dion Fortune (2011). “Psychic Self-Defense: The Classic Instruction Manual for Protecting Yourself Against Paranormal Attack”, p.119, Weiser Books

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• To rally every black sheep is my goal.

  Julian Cope

  Sheep, Goal, Black

  "Stone me!". Interview with Jon Savage, www.theguardian.com. August 9, 2008.

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• I was the black sheep of the family, and my mother never really understood me.

  Andre Rieu

  Mother, Sheep, Black

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I never really was good at being a family general man, really. I hardly ever spent any time with my mum and dad whatever, really, or brothers or sisters. We just really didn't get along. I was pretty much like the black sheep of the family, to be honest.

  Andrew Chan

  Brother, Dad, Men

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• I’ve always been a black sheep. That’s a hard thing to be until you find your calling in life. I was bullied a lot at school, probably because I was perceived to be different from everyone else.

  Natalie Dormer

  School, Sheep, Black

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• I always believed I was an ugly duckling in a family of swans, you know? I was such a black sheep, and it was the same way in high school... I was just kind of that awkward theater kid with a bunch of athletes... it was very Glee.

  Lindsay Pearce

  Athlete, School, Kids

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• My husband sings Baa Baa black sheep and we pretend
  that all's certain and good, that the marriage won't end.

  Anne Sexton

  Marriage, Husband, Divorce

  Anne Sexton (1978). “Words for Dr. Y.: uncollected poems with three stories”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

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• Surfers are the ‘throw-aheads’ of mankind, not the dregs; they aren’t the black sheep of humanity, but the futurists and they are leading the way to where man ultimately wants to be. The act of the ride is the epitome of ‘be here now’, and the tube ride is the most acute form of that. Which is: your future is right ahead of you, the past is exploding behind you, your wake is disappearing, your footprints are washed from the sand. It’s a non-productive, non-depletive act that’s done purely for the value of the dance itself. And that is the destiny of man.

  Timothy Leary

  Past, Destiny, Men

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• It hurts to see that everything on television is based on pillaring people. Nobody's sort of given the opportunity to be nice anymore. I think that is somewhat reflective of tragically the society that we live in today where we want to know people off their pedestal or we want to hurt, we want to harm instead of boosting and following by example. It's always about the crud of society, the black sheep of society that producers seem to think the public wants rather than my old theory of the cream rising to the top.

  Robin Leach

  Hurt, Nice, Opportunity

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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• Education in our family was not merely emphasized, it was our raison d'etre ... In this family of accomplished scholars, I was to become the academic black sheep. I performed adequately at high school, but in comparison to my older brother, who set the record for the highest cumulative average for our high school, my performance was decidedly mediocre.

  Steven Chu

  Brother, School, Sheep

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