top of page
.png){kind=small}
Exlpore more Identity quotes
"Know all the paths, but walk on your path! Be original!"
"There are many you's within you, but all of them are still you! You are nothing but different you's!"
"Your self-worth is totally different from your net-worth."
"A model is an actor without a voice."
"I while away my time wishing I were someone else when simply being me is the most magnificent thing I could ever wish to do."
"Life can be generous, but leaves us with a trilemma: How can we reconcile three diverse features: 'I', 'me' and the 'others'. Since the "I entails what I want; the "me what others expect of me and the "others what others themselves want. The bridges between "individuality", "surroundings and "otherness" can be abysmal and very often waiting to be restored. ['I am on my own side, but I can listen ']"
"We are what we remember. If we lose our memory, we lose our identity and our identity is the accumulation of our experiences. When we walk down the memory lane, it can be unconsciously, willingly, selectively, impetuously or sometimes grudgingly. By following our stream of consciousness we look for lost time and things past. Some reminiscences become anchor points that can take another scope with the wisdom of hindsight. ['Walking down the memory lane']"
"Best way to live in California is to be from somewheres else."
Explore more quotes by Lena Horne
"I told them I belong to the same organizations and clubs Mrs. Roosevelt belongs to, but with a few brave exceptions, I was still unable to do films or television for the next seven years."
"I remember the day tDr. King died. I wasn't angry at the beginning. It was like something very personal in my life had been touched and finished."
"After I got over the terrible pain of having something of mine taken from me, I began to think how bad everybody else must be feeling. It wasn't a nice time."
"Malcolm X made me very strong at a time I needed to understand what I was angry about. He had peace in his heart. He exerted a big influence on me."
"I don't have to be an imitation of a white woman that Hollywood sort of hoped I'd become. I'm me, and I'm like nobody else."
"I was lucky, as many of my generation was, in having a man like Dr. King in our lives. He came at a time that we needed to take a long look at each other and see how similar we were."
"Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it's just death."
"I want to sing like Aretha Franklin. Before her I wanted the technical ability of Ella Fitzgerald."
bottom of page