I think for anyone who follows the 'artistic life,' a certain amount of selfishness and self-involvement is part of the package. You're… — David Chase Copy Share Image
“Those words . . . national and portrait. They were both to do with identity: the identity of a culture (place, language… — A.S. Byatt Copy Share Image
A great poet does not express his or her self; he expresses all of our selves. — Gary Snyder Copy Share Image
To deny one's self, to take up the cross, denotes something immeasurably grander than self-imposed penance or rigid conformity to a Divine… — George C. Lorimer Copy Share Image
Somewhere around the fifth or seventh grade I figured out that I could ingratiate myself to people by making them laugh. Essentially,… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
When we are kids, we imagine that to define ourselves or to find ourselves means charting your own individuality, making your own… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
I think the key to writing the truth of our existences, so much of this is being incubated online, is examining the… — Kate Zambreno Copy Share Image
My mom would have different fragrances for different times of the year. They were a part of her identity. I don't remember… — Blake Lively Copy Share Image
It would be curious to discover who it is to whom one writes in a diary. Possibly to some mysterious personification of… — Beatrice Webb Copy Share Image
What does it mean to be an American today? The question of that is always pointing at now. It allows someone to… — Will Davis Copy Share Image
We live in a time where loving yourself is mistaken for Self Obsessed. — HQLinesTumblr Copy Share Image
I see my self-identity in the same way I see most things: a list, in greatest to least importance. I've found I… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
“You meet your higher self the day you turn your back on your lower self.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“During the late nights, when my eyes are a little sunken, and heart is a little full. When my brain is a… — Jasleen Kaur Gumber Copy Share Image
“Rosie had to keep her room neat enough so James would not freak out, but not so neat that they could figure… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
O Lord, self-renunciation is not the work of one day, nor children's sport; yea, rather in this word is included all perfection. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
No. But then the American Government--whatever branch--has never really grasped the concept of tribal identity. — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
Body piercing and baggy clothes express identity among black youth, and not just beginning with hip-hop culture. Moreover, young black entrepreneurs like… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
When a person understands what sort of existence a human being is, and what exactly the "self" is, that person has been… — Masahisa Goi Copy Share Image
“Your circumstances may change, but who you truly are remains forever the same. Your identity is eternally secure in Christ.” — Holley Gerth Copy Share Image
“I often feel like nobody," Skip says. "I ask myself: Why would you want to talk to me? Why would anyone want… — Jessica Stern Copy Share Image
Play enables us to rearrange our capacities and our very identity so that they can be used in unforeseen ways — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
“You just, like, hate yourself? You hate being yourself?" "There's no self to hate. It's like, when I look into myself, there's… — John Green Copy Share Image
“The bottom line: each of our lives is shaped by the war between the kingdom of god and the kingdom of self.” — Paul David Tripp Copy Share Image
