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title: "3 Identity Knew Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Identity Knew quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Identity Knew sayings and thoughts."
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> [The one thing that I learned very young was to own my identity. And, I knew, I'm Asian through and through. There's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-golding/the-one-thing-that-i-learned-very-young-was-to-own-my-identity-and-i/)

[Henry Golding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-golding/)

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> [We, black British, were searching - as the first generation that was born and raised here - for our own identity. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jazzie-b/we-black-british-were-searching-as-the-first-generation-that-was-born/)

[Jazzie B](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jazzie-b/)

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> [The identity that I knew was completely stripped of me. I hid, and I hated life; I hated everything. The sun would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-wasser/the-identity-that-i-knew-was-completely-stripped-of-me-i-hid-and-i/)

[Lauren Wasser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-wasser/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ec/lauren-wasser-18640_everything_the-identity-that-i-knew-was-completely_2884082.jpg)

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