Quotes by Identity It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story. Patrick Rothfuss identityhealinglife Identity was partly heritage, partly upbringing, but mostly the choices you make in life. ~ Bran Patricia Briggs heritagechoicesidentity All of the agreed-upon pariahs throughout pop-culture history put their identities into the thing we decry. And yet we derive our own identities from the act of hating. We connect on the things we are disappointed in. Some may argue that nothing in history gathers a crowd like complaining about Lady Gaga's meat dress. Patrick Stump hatemeatidentity I think I've found out who I am and what we've been looking for. We don't have to search for my identity anymore. This is it-we're doing it! Patsy Cline who-i-amidentitythinking We don't act the same in every situation. Things bleed into all kinds of other things, from behavior to identity. Paul Beatty behaviorkindidentity If I were to peruse a survey of label options, as they exist now, they either sound like a time bomb disorder or manic depression or Bipolar divide or mental illness. How can I find an identity in that? It certainly isn't something I can bring up in conversation, without a reaction of judgement or even fear. Paul Dalio bipolarjudgementidentity I've never been disbarred, committed or convicted of moral turpitude, and the only time I was arrested, it was a case of mistaken identity...I didn't know the guy I hit was a cop. Paul Levine moralguyidentity When we experience our fear, when we say the words "I am scared," we have the choice, the ability to acknowledge that being 'scared' is not who we are. It is not our identity. Paul Michael Glaser choicesidentitybelieve The narrative constructs the identity of the character, what can be called his or her narrative identity, in constructing that of the story told. It is the identity of the story that makes the identity of the character. Paul Ricoeur identitystoriescharacter Narrative identity takes part in the story's movement, in the dialectic between order and disorder Paul Ricoeur identitystoriesorder My very identities as a reader and a writer began at the Walt Whitman branch library. Paula Spencer librarybranchesidentity Identities are the beginning of everything. They are how something is recognized and understood. What could be better than that? Paula Scher understoodidentity We're just people from everywhere, looking for identity. New York, with the history of freedom, and dreams, and realized dreams, people come to this place like a magnet. You are really coming here to do something that you love. If you lose that idea of yourself, you're not in the lake, you're dried out. Pawel Althamer identitydreampeople I talk about things like how to lose without losing identity. All loss and grief feels like when you transition. Paula White griefidentityloss Without a sense of identity, there can be no real struggle. Paulo Freire realidentitystruggle The narrative that each person tells herself and others is a big part of how we construct our self-identities. It's one of the most important ways that we make sense of our past and present and understand our hopes for the future. Peg O'Connor identityselfpast It's not that pink is intrinsically bad, but it is such a tiny slice of the rainbow, and, though it may celebrate girlhood in one way, it also repeatedly and firmly fuses girl's identity to appearance. Peggy Orenstein rainbowgirlidentity We all need a past - that's where our sense of identity comes from. Penelope Lively identitypastneeds When things fall apart in your life, you feel as if your whole world is crumbling. But actually it’s your fixed identity that’s crumbling. And as Chögyam Trungpa used to tell us, that’s cause for celebration. Pema Chodron crumblingidentityfall Indigenous languages are Canada's national treasures. They are our identity. We simply have to put greater effort into rejuvenating and revitalizing them. It is key to moving forward. Perry Bellegarde effortidentitymoving«3940414243444546474849»
