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I was told at first that being different was a bad thing. Everywhere I went, it was just, 'You're too different'... And it turned out that being different was the best thing that ever happened to my career. It is why people travel to my shows. It's why people want to hear my story and buy my book.

I just always considered myself to be different and able to explore whatever I wanted.

And I know when I was younger, and still, I always marvel at what I feel is different from what I'm told that I'm supposed to feel.

When I was born, I always knew something was a little bit different about me.

I always knew that there was something that made me different, and by the time I was in high school, I understood what it was.

It's really important to share the idea that being different might feel like a problem at the time, but ultimately diversity is a strength.

I used to have a very difficult childhood because I was always the tallest girl in school, and everybody was staring at me and saying, 'You are very different.' Now, different is good.

Growing up, I decided, a long time ago, I wouldn't accept any manmade differences between human beings, differences made at somebody else's insistence or someone else's whim or convenience.

I like being different.

I was motivated to be different in part because I was different.