Quotes About Identity

They're pushing credit cards. They don't take Visa, but they do take American Express, or they don't take this one, but they take that one, or you'd better bring this one, or if you forget who you are, look on your credit card; it will be there.

I tend to discourage people from calling me 'Sir Ian,' because I don't like being separated out from the rest of the population. Of course, it can be useful if you're writing an official letter, like trying to get a visa or something passed through Parliament. They're impressed by these things.

When I travel abroad, because I'm Columbian, I'm always one that they check twice and security and I'm the one that they open my bag and the one they pull to the side to check the visa.

When you lose your Visa card, you get a new card with a new number, and any new charges with the old number are blocked. Why can't we do the same with Social Security numbers?

Clothes allow you to see yourself in a different light. They can transform you instantly and have a very real, visceral impact. Clothes become symbolic of who we are.

I've been all around the world, and there will be a thousand kids crying out your name, and it's such a weird, visceral experience. It's like, it's disorienting.

I wasn't always totally interested solely in music as a sort of visceral expression of people in unison and synchronized, a federated expression of a group of people. I loved it as a wallflower, as a fan, but when I was in it, I always felt like I wasn't built for it.

'Up the Junction' went on to inform my love of British social realism. It was the first film I saw of this ilk, a very stark, visceral reflection of England, an England I didn't necessarily feel a part of but that I knew was out there. You could almost smell the bread and butter and cabbage.

The emotional compact between football clubs and their supporters is visceral and usually lifelong.

Intersectionality has given many advocates a way to frame their circumstances and to fight for their visibility and inclusion.

Only a straight white person would have no concept of what visibility is. They've never contended with anything but visibility.

It feels like for a long time we, in the LGBTQ community, have been fighting for our role, sort of fighting for our visibility and fighting for our stories.

As a musician, I can conquer a lot of hearts through my voice, but as a personality, especially in India, there's little visibility.

I can remember when there were storylines with gay characters on shows like 'Family' and 'Dynasty' and thinking, I have something in common with that person. This was way before the Internet and all the visibility that has brought with it.

Visibility doesn't always equal freedom.

As far as being a plus-size woman, I play a plus-size character by default, and for me, the visibility - that, I think, is key.

Visibility is not, in itself, always a good thing, but when it is in the hands of those who need positive visibility, it can be.

It's tough advocating for trans visibility and not being pigeonholed as just a trans actress.

There's so much visibility for trans people, for gay men and lesbians, but there's still not a lot for bisexual people.

When I was coming up with the Hal Hartley films, I was cast as a no one. I had no name visibility. I was working at a downtown post-performance-art, avant garde theater company and doing a couple things on television. But I was a total unknown.

Asian-Americans are fighting for space and fighting for visibility and for acceptance.

There's so many different identities out there and I think they all deserve some visibility.

There's power in naming yourself, in proclaiming to the world that this is who you are. Wielding this power is often a difficult step for many transgender people because it's also a very visible one.

The authentic self is the soul made visible.