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In my first few years of being in New York, I had a major identity crisis because I'd never stayed in one place for so long.
My sense of identity broke down and was replaced by something that is very hard to put into words. Awareness, Consciousness.
I keep wondering who defends Quebec identity: who defends sovereignty, the right of the people to express themselves freely.
I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so it's no problem for me to believe that I'm somebody else.
It's much easier to have something that's absolutely definite and has a definite identity, rather than a really generic role.
An identity based in the one-way love of God does not take into account public opinion or, thankfully, even personal opinion.
There have been comparisons but I don't want to be compared with anyone. I want to be myself, with my own style and identity.
One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the bodily symbol of identity.
The progress of religion is steadily to its identity with morals. Strength enters just as much as the moral element prevails.
Violence is the quest for identity. When identity disappears with technological innovation, violence is the natural recourse.
We don't seek the painful experiences that hew our identities, but we seek our identities in the wake of painful experiences.
The idea of the mask in any scenario has always fascinated me. Not only does it protect identity, it also allows one to hide.
Which even though we do have a very visual aesthetic and identity, we love it when people make their own videos to the music.
I wanted to write a story about a future where everyone has a secret identity, in part because the Internet no longer exists.
Literature is one of the few areas left where black and white feel some identity of purpose; we all struggle under censorship.
If I lost control of the business I'd lose myself - or at least the ability to be myself. Owning myself is a way to be myself.
Tell me how much a nation knows about its own language, and I will tell you how much that nation knows about its own identity.
Crime, after all, can be a way of establishing identity or acquiring security - at least the magistrate addresses you by name.
Paul sees all kinds of sins in himself and all kinds of accomplishments too, but he refuses to connect them with his identity.
A lot of people told me I should be quiet about being bisexual and not say anything, but for me this is a part of my identity.
I think my whole identity is formed around not knowing where I'm from. It might even be that I find comfort in that confusion.
Memory is the crux of our humanity. Without memory we have no identities. That is really why I am committing an autobiography.
If you establish an identity, you build a monster-and thats right, youve got to live with it. Of course, you can enjoy it, too.
God cloaks himself in invisibility and leaves the world to guess, hope, and kill over his identity and existence? This is love?
Enlightened groups can exist, as long as the individuals' sense of identity is not derived from a mentally defined image of us.
In my early shows, I wanted to put myself through a new childhood, disintegrating my whole identity to let the real one emerge.
The loss of illusions and the discovery of identity, though painful at first, can be ultimately exhilarating and strengthening.
I think history is inextricably linked to identity. If you don't know your history, if you don't know your family, who are you?
To be free from false identity and the hypnosis of conditioning is the biggest smile and joy you are going to feel in your life.
In classical times, it was a capital offense to speculate upon the hour of a king's death or upon the identity of his successor.
Language imparts identity, meaning, and perspective to our human condition. Writers are either polluters or part of the cleanup.
You only trust those who are absolutely like yourself, those who have signed a pledge of allegiance to this particular identity.
Identity is never singular but is multiply constructed across intersecting and antagonistic discourses, practices and positions.
Identities are the beginning of everything. They are how something is recognized and understood. What could be better than that?
For those looking outside-in, it's not fair - or accurate - to assign someone an identity based off the first thing that we see.
Each nation has an identity and destiny. As far as Bharat is concerned, Hindu is its identity and religion is its way of working
Once you get below the floor of our personal identities, we're all connected. Perhaps that's why we can move into others' lives.
It would be a sad story to get rid of religious belief, national identity, family, and even sexual identity. That's not freedom.
Israeli independence - what we Arabs call al-Naqba, 'The Catastrophe' - it created Palestinian identity more than anything else.
Even if it doesn't sound like it at first, that's an identity that Europe can go out into the world with and take a leading role.
I feel like elements of race and identity and ethnicity are sort of missing in all of literature, not just in women's literature.
I saw and heard of none like me. Was I then a monster, a blot upon the earth, from which all men fled, and whom all men disowned?
So long as the UK continues to maintain its own identity, it is my belief that the US and the UK should maintain close relations.
Becoming an entrepreneur was the furthest thing from my mind. I actually had an identity crisis when I realized I had become one.
I believe that photographers should be passionate, determined, disciplined and ready to seek out their own styles and identities.
If you feel compelled to respond every time you're criticized it reveals just how much you've built your identity on being right.
Brazil has its own fashion identity. Many very talented Brazilian designers show every season at Sao Paulo and Rio fashion weeks.
I think we carry around the idea of being a Kid in the Hall as part of our identity. It's a big part of how we see ourselves now.
Against the dark background of this contemporary civilization of well-being, even the arts tend to mingle, to lose their identity.
Every project has to stand on its own. It's a different identity within each project, and I feel like that's the way it should be.