Quotes by Identity There is a terrible blindness in the love that wants only to accommodate. It's not only to do with omissions and half-truths. It implants a lack of being in the speaker and robs the self of an identity without which it is impossible for one to grow close to another. Alexander Theroux omission identity self The present non-aristotelian system is based on fundamental negative premises; namely, the complete denial of 'identity.' Alfred Korzybski identity fundamentals negative Identity is invariably false to facts. Alfred Korzybski self-esteem identity facts There is nothing more opposed to equality than identity. Alice von Hildebrand identity Authors are now marketed like promising movie starlets and must rattle around the nation's television stations to try to assert a salable identity different from that of the other starlets. Alistair Cooke different identity trying In some states, a very small number of states, it is illegal to discriminate against someone on the basis of their gender identity, transgender identification. In the vast majority, it is perfectly legal. Allyson Robinson small-numbers majority identity Music, especially as an adolescent, helps to build identity because that's when people start developing a sense of self. You can kind of tell based on what music a person listens to what kind of person they'll be pretty much for the rest of their life. Aloe Blacc identity self people What draws me to family... if I were a psychiatrist, I'd say an enormous amount of unresolved personal material. If I were an anthropologist, I'd say families are at the root of social structures - they shape our identity, our belief systems - and so I find them fascinating. Also, I love the idea that families have narratives that are essentially the family story that is passed along generation to generation - and the rifts start when people question the story. A.M. Homes belief identity people When we're growing up and being teenagers, oftentimes you try so hard to define yourself. You try to create an image of yourself because you don't really know who you are yet. And that can be kind of limiting because you forget that there are actually so many different sides of identity. And it's important to recognize that everyone is completely different. Amandla Stenberg teenager growing-up identity I have so many mentors. I'm really lucky to be surrounded by incredible mentors, whether it be Solange Knowles or Gloria Steinem or Ava DuVernay, there are so many awesome people in my life, and so I'm lucky for them to kind of have fostered my identity as I grow into myself. Amandla Stenberg mentor identity people There are Muslims of all kinds. The idea of closing them into a single identity is wrong. Amartya Sen kind identity ideas Violence is fomented by the imposition of singular and belligerent identities on gullible people, championed by proficient artisans of terror. Amartya Sen violence identity people the identity of an individual is essentially a function of her choices, rather than the discovery of an immutable attribute Amartya Sen choices identity discovery It was incredible to me that members of one community could kill members of another not for anything personal that they did but simply based on their identity. Amartya Sen incredibles community identity The fact that schools can actually be a major factor in cementing the world is a factor that's worth considering, the fact that we all have a shared human identity in addition to many other identities. Amartya Sen identity world school We're impacted by all the intersections of our identities and those then are reflected on what our choices are. Amber Hollibaugh intersections choices identity Issues of the economy are profoundly affected by how you live out sexual orientation and gender identity. Amber Hollibaugh economy issues identity I'm a high femme lesbian who loves butch women. That erotic identity has an enormous amount to do with how I live my life, who I live my life with and what it is we can or can't do. Amber Hollibaugh erotic living-my-life identity The identity cannot be compartmentalized; it cannot be split in halves or thirds, nor have any clearly defined set of boundaries. I do not have several identities, I only have one, made of all the elements that have shaped its unique proportions. Amin Maalouf elements unique identity The fact of simultaneously being Christian and having as my mother tongue Arabic, the holy language of Islam, is one of the basic paradoxes that have shaped my identity. Amin Maalouf identity christian mother «1234567891011»
