Quotes About Identity

Nago??, phoszÄ™ paÅ"stwa, jest demagogiczna, jest wphost socjalistyczna, bo i có? by byÅ'o, gdyby gmin odkhyÅ', ?e nasza dupa taka sama?!

PoszedÅ'em do modnego sklepu Ostende i kupiÅ'em parÄ™ bucików ?óÅ'tych, które okazaÅ'y siÄ™ za ciasne. WróciÅ'em wiÄ™c do sklepu i wymieniÅ'em tÄ™ parÄ™ na innÄ…, tego samego fasonu i numeru i w ogóle identycznÄ… pod ka?dym wzglÄ™dem, która okazaÅ'a siÄ™ równie ciasna. Bywa, i? sobÄ… zdumiewam siebie.

I was left alone but actually not alone—how could I be alone when I wasn't even there, I had no sense of being there, and not a single thought, gesture, action, or word, in fact nothing seemed to be mine, but rather it was as if it had all been settled somewhere outside myself, decided for me—because in reality I was quite different!

Tutto un mare di giudizi, ognuno dei quali ti incastra dentro un altro uomo e ti ricrea nella sua anima. È come rinascere dentro a un migliaio di anime che ti stanno strette.

Jak mam co? do napisania, to staram si? pisa? jak najm?drzej i ?eby to by?o jak najlepsze. A to, czy ja jestem Polak podczas pisania, czy jestem Chi?czyk, to do mnie nie nale?y. Ja jestem cz?owiek i moj? robot? musz? zrobi? jak najlepiej.

Poniedzia?ek Ja. Wtorek Ja. ?roda Ja. Czwartek Ja. Pi?tek

Gdy w domu sÄ…siadów pokazujÄ… wam z nabo?eÅ"stwem sygnet prapradziadka, wolno pomyÅ›le?, ?e tera?niejszo?? tej rodziny musi by? pod zdechÅ'ym Azorem, skoro przeszÅ'o?? tak jej imponuje.

Truth does not make itself real in an abstract contest of ideas, but in a collision of persons. Being condemned to read a fair amount of books filled only with arguments, I know what truth severed from the person is: a laborious truth. And that is why I turn to you with the plea: Do not allow an idea to grow in you at the price of your personality.

A Fryderyk, Fryderyk, co wiedziaÅ' o tym Fryderyk, gaszÄ…cy papierosa, bawiÄ…cy siÄ™ gaÅ'kami chleba? Fryderyk, Fryderyk, Fryderyk! Fryderyk, siedzÄ…cy tutaj, umieszczony przy tym stole, w tym domu, na tych polach nocnych i w tym kÅ'Ä™bowisku pasji! Ze swojÄ… twarzÄ…, która byÅ'a jednÄ… wielkÄ… prowokacjÄ…, poniewa? nade wszystko wystrzegaÅ'a siÄ™ prowokacji. Fryderyk!

The I, the I is what is deeplt mysterious.

Einer von denen, die nach Hause kommen und die dann doch nicht nach Hause kommen, weil für sie kein Zuhause mehr da ist.

Wir sind die Generation ohne Bindung und ohne Tiefe. Unsere Tiefe ist der Abgrund.

unser Rilke-Herz - ehe der Clown kräht - haben wir es dreimal verleugnet.

Und hinter allem? Hinter allem, was du Gott, Strom und Stern, Nacht, Spiegel oder Kosmos und Hilde oder Evelyn nennst – hinter allem stehst immer du selbst.Eisig einsam. Erbärmlich. Groß. Dein Gelächter. Deine Not. Deine Frage. Deine Antwort. Hinter allem,uniformiert, nackt oder sonstwie kostümiert, schattenhaft verschwankt, in fremder fast scheuer ungeahnt grandioser Dimension: Du selbst. Deine Liebe. Deine Angst.Deine Hoffnung.

I'd never join a club that would allow a person like me to become a member.

Standing in a garage no more makes you a car than standing in a church makes you a Christian.

This year I'm a star, but what will I be next year? A black hole?

Don't you see the rest of the country looks upon New York like we're left-wing, communist, Jewish, homosexual pornographers? I think of us that way sometimes and I live here.

How is it possible to find meaning in a finite world, given my waist and shirt size?

La bisessualità raddoppia immediatamente le tue chances al sabato sera.

Suddenly, one day, out of nowhere, an enormous abyss opened up beneath our feet and I was staring into a face I didn't recognize.

El cuento del lunático ¿Quién soy yo para exigir la perfección? Yo, el cúmulo de los defectos.

I already was supporting them generously by law, but if Mia was right about Satchel being the son of Frank Sinatra, then I was really being bilked.

Lately I've been tempted to leave my profession and do something else and that desire scares me. And what would you do? Anything. I don't know, write, read, maybe just study, take lessons, find out what I really want, who I really am. Maybe I'm a dilettante, is it that bad?