Quotes by Identity Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more simply - never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise. Lewis Carroll wonderlandimaginationidentity I learned, viscerally, something that I knew intellectually: that I cannot protect my daughter from the difficulties as she may encounter in her search for her own identity, and that she will be OK. She has a sisterhood to share the experience with, in addition to her family. Linda Goldstein Knowlton sisterhooddaughteridentity Corporate identity specialists spend their time rechristening other companies, conducting a legal search and a linguistic search to insure that the name is not an insult in another language. Lisa Belkin insultidentitynames Your brand is your public identity, what you're trusted for. And for your brand to endure it has to be tested, redefined, managed and expanded as markets evolve. Brands either learn or disappear. Lisa Gansky enduredisappearidentity I knew an actor's career goes up and down and back up again. Your standing in this business can't be your whole identity; otherwise, you're doomed Lisa Kudrow actorscareersidentity Which even though we do have a very visual aesthetic and identity, we love it when people make their own videos to the music. Lizzy Plapinger videoidentitypeople I can imagine for some bands the ability to make your sound and make your identity known could be challenging. Lizzy Plapinger identitychallengessound My identity has everything to do with me and my instrument. It doesn't have to do with what production style I use, or how many people played on it, whether it's sparse or grandiose or whatever. And I'm social, frankly. Liz Phair styleidentitypeople So you actually need spectacles,” Leo finally said. “Of course I do,” Marks said crossly. “Why would I wear spectacles if I didn’t need them?” “I thought they might be part of your disguise.” “My disguise?” “Yes, Marks, disguise. A noun describing a means of concealing someone’s identity. Often used by clowns and spies. And now apparently governesses. Good God, can anything be ordinary for my family? Lisa Kleypas spyidentitymean I don't wanna abandon my identity as LL Cool J, but at the same time, I had to figure out how to let people know that I'm really serious about making these movies. LL Cool J seriousidentitypeople I always put my identity at the forefront of my music. Lotic identity Better to think of writing, of what one does, as an activity, rather than an identity to keep the calling a verb rather than a noun. Lorrie Moore identitywritingthinking But the building's identity resided in the ornament. Louis Sullivan ornamentsarchitectureidentity I'm constantly learning as a songwriter, so naturally that makes you grow as an artist. But I also think the more time I spend in music the more time I feel I understand it; or at least I understand where I stand amongst the industry and my identity within it all. Louis Tomlinson artistidentitythinking My films have to do with justice and many, many other concerns. That's the sad part of coming from my generation, and having been boxed in by those words like "identity." Lourdes Portillo filmidentityjustice I received a phone call from my mother, and it was so complicated and involved, and it reminded me of just how it is in a family, and how it is in Mexico, and gossip, and all this stuff. And I thought, well, why can't a documentary be made about gossip? And in that way, I touch upon these other things - identity, cultural identity, and aesthetics. Lourdes Portillo gossipidentitymother She wanted to be alone - to think things out - to adjust herself, if it were possible, to the new world in which she seemed to have been transplanted with a suddenness and completeness that left her half bewildered to her own identity. Lucy Maud Montgomery halfidentitythinking Do you believe you can know yourselves if you don't somehow con- struct yourselves? Or that I can know you if I don't construct you in my way? And can you know me if I don't construct you in my way? We can know only what we succeed in giving form to. Luigi Pirandello identitygivingbelieve Not one of us can lie or pretend. We're all fixed in good faith in a certain concept of ourselves. Luigi Pirandello fixedidentitylying There is another interesting paradox here: by immersing ourselves in what we love, we find ourselves. We do not lose ourselves. One does not lose one's identity by falling in love. Lukas Foss falling-in-loveidentityinteresting«2930313233343536373839»
