Quotes About Identity

the enemy that's going to paralyze you with fear is your own sense of self-importance and your excessive ego. The thought of not living up to the image of yourself that you want everyone to see is a source of tremendous anxiety. At

The hamburger was renamed the "liberty steak" and sauerkraut became "liberty cabbage.

You—with all your weaknesses and flaws—were made for this. You—in all of your struggles and pain—are enough.

God made you good, and you are enough. Thanks be to God for the gift of you.

If previous generations of women were raised to believe that they could only realise themselves within the roles of wife and mother, now the opposite is thought true: It is only outside these roles that we are able to realise our full potential and worth as human beings.

I don't resemble my mom at all. Mom made beauty seem like a magic trick I'd never learn. I think there was a part of me that was trying, in those moments, to know her deeply, deep enough so that I could one day bring to light any small part of me that was hers. —

I was surrounded by whiteness and hadn't yet learned that I was beautiful in a different way.

Warwick took on a sheen of impermanence. I could go anywhere, be anyone. I didn't want to be like my mom, to give my life over to men. I couldn't conceive of a life that revolved around or even involved men.

At eight years old, I already felt the imbalance of a world that never wanted me to forget that I had nothing.

no one knew how to take pictures of anyone who wasn't white. So when I went to school, I studied why

It's been very hard, after being mostly a mom, to develop an adult life of my own. And not being married anymore, I have to come up with challenges.

I'm one of them. The weirdos and the freaks. My point was that it's ok to be different, and from now on we'd better be, if we're going to make something of ourselves. It's the one thing I learned in school. Different is ok. -Victoria

Those who came before us, with their family names and genetic legacies, with their physical peculiarities, whether it be albino skin or brown eyes—none of this mattered. Family was who we loved and who we protected. Family was the tribe we created here and now.

Every family has its secrets but nothing reveals the truth like DNA

You can't play the role of a victim all your life without becoming one in the end.

If you don't like who you are, don't just change your behavior—change your thoughts.

Look, people have an image of Italians. When I go somewhere in the world, I don't care where it is, when they look at me it's not about my intelligence. It's who can I beat up.

People have an image of Italians. When I go somewhere in the world, I don't care where it is, when they look at me it's not about my intelligence. It's who can I beat up.

The problem with being British... I don't know if it's me being British or being raised a strict Catholic, but you never really enjoy success.

I've sort of escaped my background, as people often do, through art and culture.

It's not so much what you learn about Mumbai, it's what you learn about yourself, really. It's a funny old hippie thing, but it's true as well. You find out a lot about yourself and your tolerance, and about your inclusiveness.

My dad was a labourer and my mum had exactly the same job as Noel Gallagher's mum - she was a dinner lady at our local school. Everyone comes over from Ireland and they get the same jobs.

I wasn't the easiest guy to live with. I had multiple personalities, but what bothered her was that none of them made any money.

This is best thing about being manly: it's so easy to fake. Smear some oil on your face, or nod and say "Aaah" near mechanics.