He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
My very identity as a soldier came to an abrupt end. I'd been soldiering as long as I'd been shaving. Suddenly I'd… — Stanley A. McChrystal Copy Share Image
I feel a very important factor to our longevity is that, over the years, we have managed to create our own unique… — James Jebbia Copy Share Image
Right after 'Raymond' I had a world-is-my-oyster attitude, but I found out I don't like oysters. I had this existential emptiness. 'What… — Ray Romano Copy Share Image
I mean, movies in general tend to sort of portray time, space and identity as these very solid things. Time moves forward.… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
I have multiple identities. I'm British. I'm Pakistani. I'm a Muslim. I'm a writer. I'm a father. And each identity has rich… — Ziauddin Sardar Copy Share Image
My being Muslim is only one part of my identity. But particularly in India and the world over, a concerted effort is… — Shabana Azmi Copy Share Image
Having an avatar doesn't give you an identity, and having a persona online doesn't make you a personality either. — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
“Without somebody to watch me, laugh at my jokes, tell me what to do, ask me questions, race me to the river,… — Michael Dorris Copy Share Image
My childhood proved to me that there could be no enjoyment of football without community. But it becomes difficult when this community… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Being half-Jamaican, half-Chinese in a very white area, it created a real identity crisis for me as a kid. But I'd travel… — Griff Copy Share Image
“A self-made man" - not of woman born but alchemized, through sheer force of will, by the man himself. This is what… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
“As human beings, identity and self image are fused into the way we move and hold ourselves. Because even if we are… — Jane Hardjono Copy Share Image
When are we left-wingers going to learn that we are losing the cultural and political battle with conservatives because we are fractured… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
All our lives we fought against exalting the individual, against the elevation of the single person, and long ago we were over… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
If you are wasting time and energy trying to be as much like everyone else as you can, you are throwing away… — Bethenny Frankel Copy Share Image
Only when you are aware of the uniqueness of everyones individual body will you begin to have a sense of your own… — Ma Jian Copy Share Image
Your self-image is the result of all you have given your subconscious mind as a database, so regardless of your background, what… — Paul J. Meyer Copy Share Image
The self of which you speak, whether it is the great self or the small self, is only a concept that does… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“I've always been afraid that someone would steal my identity some day and be more successful at being me than I am!!” — Neil Leckman Copy Share Image
I can not, and will not judge, by what my eyes may see. For the skin on a man shall not reveal… — Robert M. Hensel Copy Share Image
The noun of self becomes a verb. This flashpoint of creation in the present moment is where work and play merge. — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
My identity might begin with the fact of my race, but it didn't, couldn't end there. At least that's what I would… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Once I became a professional, maybe 19 or 20, I really started to try to figure out who I was, as a… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
“what sort of a life (if any), what sort of a world, what sort of a self, can be preserved in a… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
The other aspect of American identity worth focusing on is the concept of America as a nation of immigrants. That certainly is… — Samuel P. Huntington Copy Share Image
Storytelling is the greatest activity of any culture. Storytelling is how you build a family, how you pass along identity. — Randall Wallace Copy Share Image
“Directly below the surface, we are our former selves: the former child, the former lover, the former daughter. Ida” — Nina George Copy Share Image
“if you understand the value of your life it mean that you understand the value of any individuals life for them.” — Rishad sakhi Copy Share Image
The feeling of being an outsider, and the identity theme, are hardwired into me. If there's anything really autobiographical in my fiction,… — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
'Moonlight' isn't an issue film. It's not about addiction, it's not about sexuality, it's not about identity. It's about all these different… — Barry Jenkins Copy Share Image
“Because you believed In yourself Your tiny self Because you knew There is no greater accomplishment Than making someone love you” — Gabrielle Prendergast Copy Share Image
We all construct worldviews that give us a sense of meaning. Mostly it is about belonging to a group and having a… — Carmen Lawrence Copy Share Image
Self-actualized people...live more in the real world of nature than in the man-made mass of concepts, abstractions, expectations, beliefs and stereotypes that… — Abraham Maslow Copy Share Image
“Maslow notes that the self-actualized person has a strong desire for privacy; vehemently resists enculturation, but always has a feshness of appreciation;… — Wayne W. Dyer Copy Share Image
“The freedom of expression is a necessity for the self-knowing of every being, which leads to perfect expression which is the orchestrated… — VD Copy Share Image
“The dilemma of choosing our identity is an ongoing progress that forces us…to decide consciously or unconsciously the direction in which we… — Lois Benjamin Copy Share Image
Most people think of themselves as individuals, that there's no one on the planet like them. This thought motivates them to get… — Joe Dunthorne 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
“What is this worldly life based on? Ignorance (of the Self). The world gives support to good habits and tries to get… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
