Quotes About Identity

I'm conscious of my race and ethnicity in the legislature - it's hard not to be.

My kids are all conscious that they have to prove themselves for who they are. I'm happy for them to do anything they want as long as it's their passion and they work hard.

I started out mainstream and then literally made a conscious decision, like, 'I don't have that core black audience on my side.' And then I literally started looking for projects to get involved in.

So I've never made a conscious decision to cajole people into thinking I'm not that slacker guy from 'My Family' anymore.

It wasn't me. I couldn't go on set every day, get my hair curled for hours and sit with all that make-up. It just didn't do it for me. I took a conscious decision to stop working in Bollywood movies at that time.

If you lend your consciousness to someone else, you're a robot.

Consciousness is what makes the mind-body problem really intractable.

People don't know how to place me in their consciousness. They think, 'Oh, you must be here to make me look good. That's what gay guys are, right? You're an accessory for my straight life.' Just because your limited view is that everyone's there to serve you and that you're the only person in the world. It doesn't work that way.

My relationship to Britain is of no consequence.

Has there ever been a crisper expression of the consequences of 'intersectionality' than a ban on Jewish lesbians from a Dyke March?

I didn't know I was a conservative when it didn't matter to me growing up.

I am a conservative and proud of it.

I think really that you shouldn't run as a conservative if you're not.

I am a conservative who happens to not be a Republican.

I'm a conservative Republican.

It took me 30 years to figure out who I really am, as a person, and who I want to surround myself with. I was very much the kind of person who would just meld in with whatever group I was near.

My mother didn't set out to surround us with white students or colleagues. My mother just sought a quality education. People have these expectations of who they think you should be. And I say it's because they don't really understand Malcolm X - or his wife.

I noticed in America that if you write a book of any kind, you're made to be the representative of all the issues that might surround it.

My style is part of the music I like, the bands I see, the people I surround myself with, the places I go to.

Have respect, hard work, faith and dedication, all these things. No matter what environment you're in, they should keep you strong. Knowing this, I surround myself with people who have similar beliefs. People who don't let me forget who I am or where I come from.

I do my best to surround myself with queer people. I don't go to straight bars and it's quite frankly because I don't feel comfortable there.

As you learn who you are, you can better surround yourself with friends who make you a better person, and that sometimes only happens when you disassemble old relationships.

I personally believe that the iPod is a frankly corrosive device because it encourages you to surround yourself with your favorites. The whole idea of a playlist is to surround yourself with your favorite things, and the interesting thing is that when you do that, they cease to be your favorites.

It's important to come out to yourself first and be comfortable with it. After that, I feel it's important to surround yourself with a group of friends who support you and love you for who you are.