Are we all clear that we want to build something that can aspire to be a world power? In other words, not… — Romano Prodi Copy Share Image
“Independence & self-reliance had no cultural purchase; indeed, they could scarcely be conceived, let alone prized...The best course was humbly to accept… — Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image
If you cut me I bleed Birmingham. Others would say it's being a woman, but coming from Birmingham is the single most… — Jess Phillips Copy Share Image
When the other person is hurting, confused, troubled, anxious, alienated, terrified; or when he or she is doubtful of self-worth, uncertain as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To forge an untouchable, invulnerable identity is actually a sign of retreat from this world; of weakness, a sign of fear rather… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
I used to be on dance team in high school; it was called drill team in Texas. And when I started doing… — Stephanie Beatriz Copy Share Image
Putin imagined it would be different. So, like many Russian leaders before him, he imagined that Ukraine was basically Russia, but they… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
I don't want to discredit people's individuality, but I think people are pretty much the same. People are very similar. If you… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
Many women are great at having a separate life that runs alongside motherhood because they've smartly worked out that they need to… — Ulrika Jonsson Copy Share Image
“The traitor, the self; the self that cries I want to live; let the world burn so long as I can live!” — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“As a child, a teen, a young adult, I developed a firm belief in my solitude, the not-novel concept that we are… — Piper Kerman Copy Share Image
Black artists are encouraged to explore their identity but are then pigeonholed according to their ethnicity. We may have seen the decline… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
In the survival of favoured individuals and races, during the constantly-recurring struggle for existence, we see a powerful and ever-acting form of… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Syrians have a national identity beyond the sectarian divide. Syria's national identity would be weaker and poorer if it didn't have this… — Burhan Ghalioun Copy Share Image
“Or are "being" and "having" thoroughly inaccurate verbs in the twisted skein of desire, where having someone's body to touch and being… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“Maybe Shakespeare was right. Maybe all the world was a stage. Maybe without the act everything would fall apart. The key to… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
Wendy Doniger has spent decades collecting not only myths from ancient texts but stories of all kinds from novels, movies, newspapers about… — Roberto Calasso Copy Share Image
Remember: it's not about how self confident you are. It's about how self confident you seem. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The whiteness celebrated in Paris is Burning is not just any old brand of whiteness but rather that brutal imperial ruling-class capitalist… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The man of Self-realization knows a bliss that cannot be compared to anything in this world. His joy is independent of any… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
“In the search for our best selves, several questions will guide our thinking: Am I what I want to be? Am I… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
“the horror of social media – that it gives us the impression we are in control of our virtual identities,” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
