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Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
Against the dark background of this contemporary civilization of well-being, even the arts tend to mingle, to lose their identity.
Eugenio Montale
Americans may have no identity, but they do have wonderful teeth.
Jean Baudrillard
Narrative identity takes part in the story's movement, in the dialectic between order and disorder.
Paul Ricœur
Canada is the only country in the world that knows how to live without an identity.
Marshall McLuhan
There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender; that identity is performatively constituted by the very "expressions" that are said to be its results.
Judith Butler
A strong sense of identity gives man an idea he can do no wrong; too little accomplishes the same.
Djuna Barnes
No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women... When black people are talked about the focus tends to be on black men; and when women are talked about the focus tends to be on white women.
Bell hooks
By and large, the critics and readers gave me an affirmed sense of my identity as a writer. You might know this within yourself, but to have it affirmed by others is of utmost importance. Writing is, after all, a form of communication.
Ralph Ellison
We all need a past - that's where our sense of identity comes from.
Penelope Lively
The idea that you surrender your identity when you relinquish national powers is unhelpful. No, indeed, precisely the opposite is the case: if done in an intelligent way, you attain the sovereignty to better solve national problems in cooperation with others.
Ulrich Beck
Where you are is who you are. The further inside you the place moves, the more your identity is intertwined with it. Never casual, the choice of place is the choice of something you crave.
Frances Mayes
I consider myself to have been formed by a lot of the locutions and aesthetics and principles of the Muslim way of life, and those are an important part of my childhood and my identity.
Ayad Akhtar
Without work, so much of one's identity just evaporates.
Joshua Ferris
Everyone desires relationships and community. Most people want to belong to a cohesive, like-minded group. It staves off loneliness. It promotes identity. These are natural and very human instincts.
Joshua Ferris
A sense of identity is the gift of love, and only love can give it.
Elizabeth Goudge
I'm slammed with an identity that can no longer say a word; mute with responsibility.
Kate Millett
But to do this kind of work, you have to be very strong, otherwise you lose your personality, your identity.
Claudia Cardinale
Without dignity, identity is erased. In its absence, men are defined not by themselves, but by their captors and the circumstances in which they are forced to live.
Laura Hillenbrand
Without dignity, identity is erased.
Laura Hillenbrand
We all need a firm sense of identity.
Christopher Eccleston
Gang violence in America is not a sudden problem. It has been a part of urban life for years, offering an aggressive definition and identity to those seeking a place to belong in the chaos of large metropolitan areas.
Dave Reichert
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