Identity Quotes - page 29

I think that Michael Jackson, just as an entertainer, as a figure who embodies the contradictions of Black identity, and the possibilities of R&B music in the '70s and '80s will continue to be one of the most recognized and formidable human beings that we've ever produced in our tradition. (Michael Eric Dyson)
If I compared myself to my kids, they know everything, and they're like small little hackers. I feel also that my identity can be stolen; I'm very paranoid about it compared to other people in the younger generation. View quote
Michael Nyqvist
As I look back over my life, before I had any real identity, I was a traveler. I grew up an Army brat, a runaway, an activist, and a musician. All my life I've been traveling. View quote
Michelle Shocked
I was brought up in many different cultures, moving around all the time, and I find my identity in my songs. I project the identity I want to have throughout the songs that I write. View quote
Mika
Identity for me is something that has to be played with and explored, and not become complacent about or uninterested in. View quote
Mika
It took me many years to understand that my identity is more Israeli than Jewish. View quote
Mili Avital
Often, I think, displaced people imagine themselves leading double lives. So a portion of my identity has always been privately siphoned into what would have been if I had stayed in Wisconsin. View quote
Mona Simpson
The mark of a living thing is to be involved in opposites (impossibilities): the living cell that has to be continually adapting itself to stay alive, with its identity. View quote
Nicholas Mosley
As soon as you Botox your smile lines away, you lose part of your identity. View quote
Nigel Barker
Every generation gets the Constitution that it deserves. As the central preoccupations of an era make their way into the legal system, the Supreme Court eventually weighs in, and nine lawyers in robes become oracles of our national identity. View quote
Noah Feldman
Every piece has its own identity which we develop by the rule 'We know no limits.' We follow the inspiration of the moment and don't worry if what we're playing is alternative, progressive or fusion rock. (Page McConnell)
Identity was partly heritage, partly upbringing, but mostly the choices you make in life. ~ Bran. View quote
Patricia Briggs
Now I'm just known as McDreamy, I've lost all identity as Patrick Dempsey, I'm now McDreamy. View quote
Patrick Dempsey
I always had a separate life than just my work. I built my own family. I have my own hobbies and interests. I have a ranch with livestock and horses. I didn't always get my self-esteem and identity from acting. I never worked unless I wanted to. I never did anything just to do it, just for the paycheck. I always did things that I liked. View quote
Ricky Schroder
Viral videos arent just about being funny. Theyre about identity creation. View quote
Ricky Van Veen
From the beginning, each human embryo has its own unique genetic identity. View quote
Robert Casey
Leibniz dedicated his life to efforts to educate people to understand that true happiness is found by locating their identity in benefitting mankind and their posterity. View quote
Robert Trout
It is once again the vexing problem of identity within variety; without a solution to this disturbing problem there can be no system, no classification. View quote
Roman Jakobson
We, the people. Manifest Destiny. Conceived in liberty. Fear itself. Ask not. Morning in America. United we stand. Yes, we can. In times of great change and tumult, presidents seek to inspire beleaguered Americans by reminding them of their national identity. View quote
Ron Fournier
Fox Interactive Media's acquisitions of Newroo and kSolo demonstrate our commitment to empowering users with interesting tools that they can use to further enhance their online experience and online identity. View quote
Ross Levinsohn
I dream of a free, democratic, peaceful Tunisia, a country that can protect its developing identity. (Rashid al-Ghannushi)
I have no issues with my identity. View quote
Rashida Jones
Getting lost was not a matter of geography so much as identity, a passionate desire, even an urgent need, to become no one and anyone, to shake off the shackles that remind you who you are, who others think you are. View quote
Rebecca Solnit
The value of identity of course is that so often with it comes purpose. View quote
Richard E. Grant
I'm really interested in stories about identity - who I am now versus who I used to be. View quote
Seth Gordon