Quotes by Identity We all construct worldviews that give us a sense of meaning. Mostly it is about belonging to a group and having a sense of identity and purpose. Carmen Lawrence groups identity giving Everyone thinks that a new place or a new identity will jumpstart a new life. Caroline Leavitt new-life identity thinking Mundane humans create distinctions between themselves, distinctions that seem ridiculous to any Shadowhunter. Their distinctions are based on race, religion, national identity, any of a dozen minor and irrelevant markers. ~ Valentine Cassandra Clare valentine race identity You cannot hide your true self forever. Cassandra Clare identity self forever I find the elitism and blatant provincialism of many (Manhattan-based) New Yorkers unattractive. Just as place can be an identity crutch that helps a person feel individual, place can be a crutch in poetry. Cate Marvin manhattan unattractive identity Many a man who has known himself at ten forgets himself utterly between ten and thirty. Catherine Drinker Bowen identity men knowledge I'm very empathic to the construction of masculinity within our culture and how we build these identities up. Catherine Opie construction identity culture They wanted to force me to be someone that I wasn't. They wanted me to delegitimize myself as a trans woman and I was not taking that. As a proud black trans woman, I was not going to allow the system to delegitimize, hyper-sexualize and take my identity away from me. CeCe McDonald black proud identity Don't make your career be your life. let it be your passion. Let it bring you pleasure. But don't let it become your identity. You are so much more valuable than that. Celine Dion passion careers identity One pits his wits against apparently inscrutable nature, wooing her with ardor but nature is blind justice who cannot recognize personal identity. Charles Brenton Huggins pits identity justice Ah, if only I had brought a cigar with me! This would have Charles Dickens cigar identity smoking No one can master the past; one can only interrogate it. Charles S. Maier masters identity past We become full human agents, capable of understanding ourselves, and hence of defining our identity, through our acquisition of rich human languages of expression. Charles Taylor understanding identity expression So when I was about 13 or 14, I realized I was attracted to women and then made the assumption that I was a lesbian, and didn't realize that that wasn't the case. It was the fact that I was a man and a heterosexual man. The issue wasn't my sexual orientation, but rather my gender identity. Chaz Bono issues identity men Around 2001, I started analyzing lesbians. I started to realize that even really butch-acting or -dressing women still had a strong female identity that I never had. Chaz Bono acting strong identity My most important identity now is as a mother. Chelsea Clinton important identity mother When it comes to identity, that was an issue that plagued me for a lot of my life. It's something that I wanted to tap into. Film can really take you to other places, and sometimes that's necessary to understand your own identity or someone else's identity or just the issue of identity, in general. It takes you. It's borderless. It's boundless. It's universal. Cherien Dabis film identity sometimes I have many problems in my life, but I don't think that identity is one of them. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie problem identity thinking We rigidify our self-image to portray a certain identity to the world, which is one of the key impediments to authenticity. Chip Conley keys identity self My friend Ronald Gottesman says...that the cause of all our trouble is the belief in an essential, pure identity: religious, ethnic, historical, ideological. Chris Abani historical identity religious «56789101112131415»
