#individualist

In an individualistic culture, the narcissist is God's gift to the world. In a collectivist society, the narcissist is God's gift to the collective. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

#culture #gift #god #individualistic #narcissist

Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters. ↗

— Jack Levine

#characters #independent #individualists #like #most

A coldly rationalist individualist can deny that he has any obligation to make sacrifices for the future. ↗

— Garrett Hardin

#coldly #deny #future #individualist #make

First of all, whoever didn't want to be a member of this association or the other association, was branded, you know, like a dangerous individualist, you know, infected by the Western decadence, you know. So everybody joined. ↗

— Milos Forman

#branded #dangerous #decadence #everybody #first

I have always liked running, so it wasn't particularly difficult to make it a habit. All you need is a pair of running shoes and you can do it anywhere. It does not require anybody to do it with, and so I found the sport perfectly fits me as a person who tends to be independent and individualistic. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#anybody #anywhere #difficult #does #fits

Only in baseball can a team player be a pure individualist first and a team player second, within the rules and spirit of the game. ↗

— Branch Rickey

#first #game #individualist #only #player

Obama is trying to paint us as a caricature, as if we're some bizarre individualists who are hardcore libertarians. It's a false dichotomy and intellectually lazy. Of course we believe in government. We think government should do what it does really well, but that it has limits. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#bizarre #caricature #course #dichotomy #does

The American Indian was an individualist in religion as in war. He had neither a national army nor an organized church. ↗

— Charles Eastman

#army #church #had #indian #individualist

This very individualistic form of Protestant Christianity that became so basic in English and then American life is to a large degree responsible for the historical success of Britain and America. ↗

— Walter Russell Mead

#american #american life #basic #became #britain

As a confirmed individualist I certainly do not wish to underrate the influence of the individual, for the masses do not lead the individual; rather, in the individual is vested the capacity to lead the masses. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

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