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Identity Quotes
"The greatest hazard of all, losing one's self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss - an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. - is sure to be noticed."
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"You never wanted me to be real. You never wanted anyone to be. But you didn't want me to show it. You wanted an act to help your act..."
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"You are either born a writer or you are not."
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"Coolness is not an image that can be bought or worn. True cool is an attitude that is projected from a person who is extremely comfortable in their own skin."
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"I don t care what name you called me before, give me a new name. My old name is not important but my new name is very important. Did they call you Barren? your new name is pregnant."
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"He wasn't what I'd thought he was; maybe he never had been. I wasn't what I'd thought I was, either."
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"But while I have never considered myself a very good person, neither can I bring myself to believe that I am spectacularly bad one. Perhaps it's simply impossible to think of oneself in such a way."
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"Not knowing how he lost himself, or how he recovered himself, he may never feel certain of not losing himself again."
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"Remember, I was only in to fighting; I wasn't a high-ranking underworld figure selling the Crown Jewels! I wasn't the Merthyr Mafia and I had no connections with the goings on of petty criminal matters."
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"Identity theft is one of the fastest-growing crimes in the nation - especially in the suburbs."
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"Relaxing your hair is like being in prison. You're caged in. Your hair rules you. You didn't go running with Curt today because you don't want to sweat out this straightness. You're always battling to make your hair do what it wasn't meant to do."
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"I'm not a supermodel. That's not what I do."
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"Don't try to tell me what I am because I know what I am not."
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"There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender... identity is performatively constituted by the very 'expressions' that are said to be its results."
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"At once, it's clear I cannot gush. We try me playing cocky, but I just don't have the arrogance. Apparently, I'm too "vulnerable for ferocity. I'm not witty. Funny. Sexy. Or mysterious By the end of the session, I am no one at all."
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"Getting into the habit of changing who you are to please others, is setting a lifetime marathon of running away from yourself."
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"I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known."
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"Identity in the form of continuity of personality is an extremely important characteristic of the individual."
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"You are addressed by the way you dress. Your attire reflects your sense of value or taste and of course, your speech either makes or mars you."
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"I do not consider myself a Hispanic writer."
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"Nations are not made by mere geographical boundaries; they are forged by the character and aspirations of their people."
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"I finally gave in today. Admitting that I haven't been able to do it alone, that's defeat right? But do a couple pills change why I'm here? Will my spirit be altered? Do my passions change? Will I lose hope either way? My madness is what makes me. It's my most unique beauty."
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"I do not like these painted faces that look all alike; and I think women are foolish to dull their expression and obscure their personality with powder, rouge, and lipstick."
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"One quick glance in the mirror is enough for a lifetime."
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"There is only one you on the globe today. You have been built to inspire and designed to dazzle. Live your uniqueness!"
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"The reactions haven't differed; the concerns have been different. When I read for a predominantly Indian audience, there are more questions that are based on issues of identity and representation."
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"To enslave an individual troubles your consciences, Archivist, but to enslave a clone is no more troubling than owning the latest six-wheeler ford, ethically. Because you cannot discern our differences, you assume we have none. But make no mistake: even same-stem fabricants cultured in the same wombtank are as singular as snowflakes."
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"Black identities are diverse and complex."
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"After so many years struggling to keep up with you, I finally realized we're not even running the same race."
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"My name is James Guckert. Well, when you read it, it's always pronounced some other way."
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"Patriotism has nothing to do with Conservatism. It is actually the opposite of Conservatism, since it is a devotion to something that is always changing and yet is felt to be mystically the same."
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"Ive lived so long a person, they tamed me to be,I spoke with care & held back the real, me. But the time has come, My voice will be heard. My messages are clear& I'm not the same girl. I am wild, my heart is rareI am untameable and I dont fuckin' care Life is too short, to live for another, I've faced the rain, storms and thunder And if there's one thing, I have kept in my mind It's i am, who I am and I don't give a damn if you don't like."
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"The difference between me and other people is that they all walk around with onion skins wrapped around them. Pre-meditations, pretentions, the faces that they present to the world, the faces that they present to themselves.. onion skins that come in layer after layer. They're on the inside of all that. And I... I am the inside of the onion skin walking around. I am only me."
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"Your handwriting. the way you walk. which china pattern you choose. it's all giving you away. everything you do shows your hand. everything is a self portrait. everything is a diary."
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"The greatest thing about me isn't even a part of me. It's you."
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"The greatest tragedy in your life will not be the death of a loved one or a natural disaster; those things hurt like hell and devastate to the core. But loss like that is part of life. What's not necessary and is therefore most tragic is the demise of your truest identity, your dying before you're dead, the moments when you let the words and judgments of others define who you are instead of rising above that pain to be the person you were meant to be. No matter what has happened in your past, you are still capable of becoming a better version of who you are at this moment. Think right. Believe the voice inside of you that speaks the truth. You are a divine marvel. Act like it. Live like it."
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"Having grown up here, I always wonder what it would be like to see this city as a tourist. Is it ever a disappointment? I have to believe that New York always lives up to its reputation. The buildings really are that tall. The lights really are that bright. There's truly a story on every corner. But it still might be a shock. To realize you are just one story walking among millions. To not feel the bright lights even as they fill the air. To see the tall buildings and only feel a deep longing for the stars."
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"Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I'll go a step further. You must be bisexual."
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