Quotes About Identity

I have my own batting style and don't want to be compared with Kohli.

I never go outside unless I look like Joan Crawford the movie star. If you want to see the girl next door, go next door.

The question isn't, 'What do we want to know about people?', It's, 'What do people want to tell about themselves?'

I don't have to be what you want me to be.

This is who I am. I'm not perfect. I don't want to try to be perfect.

When I'm not longer rapping, I want to open up an ice cream parlor and call myself Scoop Dogg.

I don't want to name my fandom, I want them to name themselves. If I'm cool with it, I'm cool with it.

I want to encourage people to be themselves and express themselves however they want.

I'd be stupid not to take into consideration that there are certain things people will not consider me for because my name is Lopez. And I know I can do any kind of role. I don't want anybody to say, Oh, she can't pull this off. So those are barriers that you have to overcome.

The challenge of life, I have found, is to build a resume that doesn't simply tell a story about what you want to be, but it's a story about who you want to be.

I always want to stay focused on who I am, even as I'm discovering who I am.

We all want to be normal, but it's relative to individuality. My normal is not your normal.

But I believe above all that I wanted to build the palace of my memory, because my memory is my only homeland.

I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me.

I used to look like an American flag. The Padre uniform makes me look like a taco. Actually, the transition has been great. I've made 25 new friends, and I never thought I wanted to be anything other than a Dodger, but this is fun.

I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.

I was born and brought up in South Mumbai. My father, Jagdeep, is a businessman and a Sindhi. My mother is half Brit and half Muslim. I am thus a cocktail of mixed blood. From the time I remember, I wanted to be an actress.

I am very wanted in my homeland. I am part of the scenery, part of the region. I resemble it.

The Lord gave me 'Sojourner,' because I was to travel up an' down the land, showin' the people their sins an' bein' a sign unto them. Afterwards, I told the Lord I wanted another name 'cause everybody else had two names, and the Lord gave me 'Truth,' because I was to declare the truth to people.

I really wanted to be a model when I was little. I loved photography, and I loved being on camera. But I was short and chubby, so I couldn't. Anyway, being an artist is way more interesting than just being a model because it's about you and what you want to be. You're not being treated like a clothes hanger.

When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers I kind of wanted to be a vampire.

I've never wanted anybody to like me because I had long hair or short hair, or that they liked the way I dressed or they liked the way I dressed or they liked the way I smile.

My adoptive mother always wanted to meet my biological mother.

Ajax is a multicultural club, and we have found that many talented immigrant players quit when they reach puberty. So we wanted to tackle this problem with someone from the same background who had come through it. And that was Edgar Davids. During one of our fights, I pointed that out to him. But it had nothing to do with his skin colour.