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Anxious, inexperienced writers obey rules. Rebellious, unschooled writers break rules. Artists master the form. -- Robert McKee
Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers. -- Aldous Huxley
Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature. -- Tom Robbins
Should doubt knock at your doorway, just say to those skeptical, disturbing, rebellious thoughts, I propose to stay with my faith, with the faith of my people. -- Thomas S. Monson
In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men. -- Charles Baudelaire
First Conjuration Addressed to Emperor Lucifer. Emperor Lucifer, Master and Prince of Rebellious Spirits, I adjure thee to leave thine abode, in what-ever quarter of the world it may be situated and come hither to communicate with me. -- A. E. Waite
I have a bit of a rebellious nature. -- John Cusack
I'm an atheist and I thank God for it. -- George Bernard Shaw
Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius. -- Josh Billings
Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination. -- George Bernard Shaw
The disease which inflicts bureaucracy and what they usually die from is routine. -- John Stuart Mill
Quirky is sexy, like scars or chipped teeth. I also like tattoos they're rebellious. -- Jennifer Aniston
In a revolution, as in a novel, the most difficult part to invent is the end. -- Alexis de Tocqueville
I would be married, but I'd have no wife, I would be married to a single life. -- Charles Bukowski
Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and you're a Shakespeare. -- George Bernard Shaw
The surest guide to the correctness of the path that women take is joy in the struggle. Revolution is the festival of the oppressed. -- Germaine Greer
We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution. -- Eric Hoffer
I'm not a teacher: only a fellow traveler of whom you asked the way. I pointed ahead - ahead of myself as well as you. -- George Bernard Shaw
Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness. -- George Bernard Shaw
The doctrine of the Kingdom of Heaven, which was the main teaching of Jesus, is certainly one of the most revolutionary doctrines that ever stirred and changed human thought. -- H. G. Wells
Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action. -- Orison Swett Marden
Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the stage when he has the whole world to act in, is not clear to me. -- George Bernard Shaw
[America is] a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before we were born; our creeds were infidelity to the mother church; our constitution treason to our fatherland. -- Theodore Parker
The tighter a deadline is, the more I'm inclined to be perverse and rebellious - I'll start thinking about another, different project, until it becomes the most fantastic thing which I must start immediately. -- Errollyn Wallen
I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action. -- Fidel Castro
The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them. Thus the American Revolution, from which little was expected, produced much; but the French Revolution, from which much was expected, produced little. -- Charles Caleb Colton
To achieve the mood of a warrior is not a simple matter. It is a revolution. To regard the lion and the water rats and our fellow men as equals is a magnificent act of a warrior's spirit. It takes power to do that. -- Carlos Castaneda
Kids should be naughty and go through that rebellious phase I didn't have. -- Naomie Harris
I'm not that rebellious. There's a part of me that wishes I was that. -- Miranda Cosgrove
Punk rock is very rebellious, of course, but it also means thinking for yourself. -- Dexter Holland
I wore a coat and tie all through high school: my way of being rebellious in the late 1950s. -- Vint Cerf
I have always been very rebellious and gone against the grain. I've always challenged the standards set before me. -- Amber Heard
It's sometimes said that I'm rebellious and I do things to push people's buttons, but I just like the challenge. -- Marc Jacobs
The Beatles set the rules. And the rules were: now just because we have long hair doesn't mean that we're rebellious. -- Davy Jones
If you live a rebellious lifestyle, then you rebel against things because they go against your ideals and the integrity of who you are as a person. -- Flea
In the 1960s we were fighting to be recognized as equals in the marketplace, in marriage, in education and on the playing field. It was a very exciting, rebellious time. -- Marlo Thomas
In the relations of a weak Government and a rebellious people there comes a time when every act of the authorities exasperates the masses, and every refusal to act excites their contempt. -- John Reed
I genuinely haven't really had a rebellious phase. I think it's just because of the way I was brought up. I think it's because I left home when I was ten years old. -- Emma Watson
I was raised by the Christian Brothers, who believe in that, fortunately. They were, to me, the most rebellious arm of the Catholic Church - and one of the most liberal and forward thinking. -- Paul Kantner
Men are destroyed for being rebellious, and women destroy themselves by failing to be rebellious. Unless you can make that next jump to either getting along with people or resisting people, you are ultimately destroying yourself. -- Chuck Palahniuk
There was certainly, like, a rebellious, like, youthful rage in me. And there was also the fact of no getting away from fact that I am white, and you know, this is predominantly black music, you know. -- Eminem
I don't want to be too strict, because I think kids can get rebellious, but I want to raise my daughter to be passionate about doing good things and pursuing real things and hobbies instead of frivolous materialistic stuff. -- Holly Madison
There's a way that you can throw negativity out there that seems rebellious. But I've always taken pleasure in a different kind of rebellion, which is putting a positive spin on everything, trying to enjoy myself at all times. -- Zac Efron
Some of us are born rebellious. Like Jean Genet or Arthur Rimbaud, I roam these mean streets like a villain, a vagabond, an outcast, scavenging for the scraps that may perchance plummet off humanity's dirty plates, though often sometimes taking a cab to a restaurant is more convenient. -- Patti Smith
I have a rebellious teenage thing. If my mom says I can't do it, I'm gonna do it. But I'm pretty good. That's why it was fun to play Sam in 'The Bling Ring.' I got to be someone crazy and wild to the extreme, then go home and relax and get rid of the burden. -- Taissa Farmiga
There's no question that O.J. Simpson had been a substitute white man in America. He had gained honorary white status. He was not viewed by many white Americans as black. He was not seen as the African American athlete who was rebellious: Jim Brown, Muhammad Ali, Hank Aaron... He was accepted in golf clubs that were very tony. -- Michael Eric Dyson
I didn't consider myself a fashion designer at all at the time of punk. I was just using fashion as a way to express my resistance and to be rebellious. I came from the country, and by the time I got to London, I considered myself to be very stupid. It was my ambition to understand the world I live in. -- Vivienne Westwood
There's rock n' roll in hip-hop, there's rock n' roll in pop music, there's rock n' roll in soul, there's rock n' roll in country. When you see people dress, and their style has an edge to it, that rebellious edge that bubbles up in every genre, that's rock n' roll. Everybody still wants to be a rock star, you know? -- John Varvatos
Becoming emancipated at 14, my life wasn't normal. I didn't have to go to school, so I didn't. I was rebellious by nature. I spent my 20s focusing on my company, Flower Films, and producing movies. Now that I'm almost 30, I would like to try other things in lie. I'm crazy about photography, and I want to take an art history class. -- Drew Barrymore
I was very rebellious. -- Katey Sagal
Thought that is silenced is always rebellious. -- Alan Barth
It's kind of rebellious to be yourself, -- Kate Moss
Sanctity and genius are as rebellious as vice. -- George Santayana
In my own way, I was a rebellious kid. -- Tom Morello
Love is a rebellious bird that nobody can tame. -- Veronica Rossi
I was a rebellious kid, always getting into trouble. -- Scott Haze
My energy comes from freedom and a rebellious spirit. -- Rei Kawakubo
I am extremely rebellious. I have this strong, defiant spirit. -- Yoko Ono
Slamdance actually is indie and rebellious. Sundance obviously felt threatened. -- Yony Leyser
Love is a rebellious bird that no one can tame -- Ann Patchett
I'm not really rebellious. People think I am, but I'm not. -- Tom Sizemore
Wrestling is one of the last truly rebellious American things left. -- Billy Corgan
I was not a rebellious teenager. I was a sit-in-your-room teenager. -- Samantha Shannon
They were rebellious through their artistic expression and their uplifting spirits -- Evan Meekins
I think hip hop is a dance music that's rebellious by nature. -- Talib Kweli
No rebellious heart is ever at ease with paths established by others. -- B. W. Powe
I wanted each woman to be a rebellious Vashti, not an Esther. -- Margaret Sanger
Whatever happened to the tomboy I used to be, the slightly rebellious rocker? -- Brenda Lee
Only secretly rebellious teachers have ever done right by our least advantaged kids. -- Deborah Meier
I want to be a rebellious McDonald's owner. Cheeseburgers... NOPE... we got spaghetti! -- Mitch Hedberg
I do think I have a rebellious, metal-loving rock chick inside of me. -- Kesha
I hold in my heart that rebellious spirit of youth that demands change. -- Dennis Kucinich
I think you can be defiant and rebellious and still be strong and positive. -- Madonna Ciccone
For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood. -- William Shakespeare
I didn't have this rebellious streak in me. To me, I'm a product of circumstance. -- Brad Katsuyama
I went through a period when I was rebellious and a mess of a person. -- Austin Butler
That is the most godlike feeling a human can experience; being ignored by rebellious child. -- Dennis Garvin
Why are the people rebellious? Because the rulers interfere too much. Therefore they are rebellious. -- Laozi
My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible. -- Tahar Ben Jelloun
We were the rebels of the music industry so we wanted to write a rebellious song. -- Brian Harvey
President Obama projects a strong offense, but he faces a rebellious Congress focused on state's rights. -- Jesse Jackson
O tequila, savage water of sorcery, what confusion and mischief your sly, rebellious drops do generate -- Tom Robbins
I was a rebellious child, a rebellious lover, a rebellious couturiÃ¨re - a real devil. -- Coco Chanel
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My dad's a very sensitive man, but as the archetypal rebellious teenager, I didn't realise that. -- Jo Brand
I was a rebellious adolescent. It was the '60s. Everyone was rebellious. I hated high school. -- George Dyson
The vain, inconstant, rebellious disposition of the people [of Armorica], was incompatible either with freedom or servitude. -- Edward Gibbon
One of the most rebellious things a woman can do is allow people to think she's mean. -- Joan Rivers
The future will be the child of the past and the present, even if a rebellious child. -- George Crumb
How true it is that, sooner or later, the' most rebellious must bow beneath the yoke of misfortune! -- Madame de Stael
Nothing beats a private visit to Number Ten or Chequers to take the wind out of rebellious sails. -- Andy Coulson
I don't take crap from anyone, so that makes people think I'm rebellious. I'm not. I'm just not a pushover. -- Kat Dennings
Abstract art is uniquely modern. It is a fundamentally romantic response to modern life - rebellious, individualistic, unconventional, sensitive, irritable. -- Robert Motherwell
God leads His people whether they are obedient or rebellious, but His leading is far more pleasant when they obey. -- Max Anders
I think when your parents are as rebellious as mine were, it's difficult to top them. So what's the point? -- Georgia May Jagger
I think when your parents are as rebellious as mine were, it's difficult to top them. So what's the point? -- Georgia May Jagger
A lot of preachers' kids are some of the most rebellious kids in the world. I never was like that. -- Joel Osteen
Once I started dancing, I was not the spoiled brat or the rebellious child that I was as a child. -- Suzanne Farrell
It costs God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things: but to convert rebellious wills cost Him crucifixion. -- C. S. Lewis
it's something rebellious about picking up and leaving buying a one way ticket and not knowing when you want to return. -- Turcois Ominek
Love is rebellious bird that nobody can tame, and it's all in vain to call it if it chooses to refuse. -- Georges Bizet
By regulating marijuana, we can put black market drug dealers out of business and eliminate the rebellious allure that attracts young people. -- Sal Albanese
A poem is an invocation, rebellious return to the blessedness of beginning again, wandering free in pure process of forgetting and finding. -- Susan Howe
When you're making an album with people who made your favorite records as a rebellious teenager, it feels like you've achieved something. -- Yannis Philippakis
Emily Dickinson liked to shock people. She liked to break rules. There was a kind of rebellious freedom in her inner world. -- Christopher Benfey
I'm not rebellious, but I am very strong-willed. I know what I believe in, and I know what I think is right. -- Alli Simpson
The most foolish description of the young is that they are rebellious. The truth is that they are a fellowship of cowards. -- Manu Joseph
You are evidence of your mother's strength, especially if you are a rebellious knucklehead and regardless she has always maintained her sanity. -- Criss Jami
By regulating marijuana, we can put black market drug dealers out of business and eliminate the rebellious allure that attracts young people." -- Sal Albanese
It's embarrassing to go through any rebellious stage in front of people that you love and respect, and yet I'm glad I did. -- Drew Barrymore
The truth is, going against the internal stream of ignorance is way more rebellious than trying to start some sort of cultural revolution. -- Noah Levine
I have, perhaps, a slave-like constitution which is too easily restrained by bonds; it then becomes rebellious and bursts out in a comic revolution." -- Saul Bellow
The problems of rebellious youth can be traced to homes where the mother disobeyed the father or showed lack of respect for his authority. -- Helen Andelin
I have, perhaps, a slave-like constitution which is too easily restrained by bonds; it then becomes rebellious and bursts out in a comic revolution. -- Saul Bellow
The music I listened to as a kid - the Stones, the Beatles - that was so rebellious at the time, it became mainstream. -- Ian Schrager
We think that we do well to be angry with the rebellious, and so we prove ourselves to be more like Jonah than Jesus. -- Charles Spurgeon
In real life, my parents pretty much approved of all my boyfriends. I guess I was doing something wrong. I should have been more rebellious. -- Lindsay Pulsipher
Another thing rappers, I admire your rebellious spirit, but materialism is a form of mental slavery. Slow down on the jewelry, pick up a book. -- Dov Davidoff
There are two kinds of people in the world: Submissive and rebellious. The problem of the world is that majority is in the first category! -- Mehmet Murat ildan
The questioning spirit is the rebellious spirit. A rebellion is always either a cloak to hide a prince, or the swaddling wrapper of a new rule. -- Honore de Balzac

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