Quotes About Identity

La tua terra non è semplicemente il posto dove sei nato e vissuto da bambino. La tua terra si espande e man mano che tu vivi le tue radici affondano nel suolo di altri paesi. E' un dono della vita, ma anche un peso, perchè gioia e nostalgia diventano tuoi compagni sempre più inseparabili.

Som vi på flera olika vis nu har sett så härrör alltid hävdandet av en identitet ur en kontrast eller en motsättning ...

Så här uttryckte Publius Terentius Afer det för mer än tvåtusen år sedan: Jag är människa: inget mänskligt är mig främmande. Och det är en identitet som bör kunna förena oss alla.

In the world of identity, utterances have functions, separate from their meanings.

Det behöver knappast sägas att Marx tanke med en grundläggande indelning i två klasser utelämnade ett stort antal människor. ... Marx föddes i en tysk-judisk medelklassfamilj i Preussen. ... Var passade Marx själv in?

Men människor kan tycka att en gemensam härkomst har betydelse ... utan att vilja leva under en gemensam regering. Sionism är bara ett tänkbart sätt att vara jude på. Det är därför som det finns nationaliteter utan nationalstater.

Vi antar att i varje identitets kärna finns något slags djupliggande likhet som binder samman de människor som delar den identiteten. Jag menar att detta inte är sant, och det upprepar jag om och om igen.

with religious denominations conceived of as a species of ethnic group).

People need something to hate to reinforce their own identities.

People need something to hate to reinforce their own identities. And

The West had become lost—struggling to remember what it was and losing sight of what it aspired to be.

There's no place like home.

I am Oz, the Great and Terrible, spoke the Beast, in a voice that was one great roar. Who are you, and why do you seek me?

No matter how dreary and grey our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful. There is no place like home.

What does it all mean? Am I a Gump, or am I a juggernaut?

it is folly for us to try to appear otherwise than as nature has made us.

A beautiful girl is much superior to a little yellow bird, and a boy—such as I was—far better than a Green Monkey.

Have you brains? Asked the scarecrow. I suppose. I've never looked to see. Replied the lion.

No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful. There is no place like home. The

And then I should get no brains, said the Scarecrow. And I should get no courage, said the Cowardly Lion. And I should get no heart, said the Tin Woodman. And I should never get back to Kansas, said Dorothy.

That is because you have no brains, answered the girl. No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful. There is no place like home.

There's no place like HOME.

Sekering dan sesuram apa pun kampung halaman kami, manusia lebih memilih hidup di sana ketimbang di negeri lain, walau negeri itu indah sekalipun. Tidak ada tempat yang lebih baik daripada kampung halaman sendiri.

I've never been 'specially proud of myself, but I'd rather be the way I was born than anything else in the whole world.