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title: "6 People Identities Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [There are infinite combinations that people can experience, because no two people are alike, and no two people's identities should be expected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-maines/there-are-infinite-combinations-that-people-can-experience-because-no/)

[Nicole Maines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-maines/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb0/nicole-maines-12524_experience_there-are-infinite-combinations-that-peo_88391.jpg)

> [For white people, their identities rest on the idea of racism as about good or bad people, about moral or immoral singular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-diangelo/for-white-people-their-identities-rest-on-the-idea-of-racism-as-about/)

[Robin DiAngelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-diangelo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c7/robin-diangelo-10183_bad_for-white-people-their-identities-rest-o_1991763.jpg)

> [In high school I became a vegetarian more times than I can now remember, most often as an effort to claim some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/in-high-school-i-became-a-vegetarian-more-times-than-i-can-now/)

[Jonathan Safran Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-safran-foer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/154/jonathan-safran-foer-136_became_in-high-school-i-became-a-vegetarian-mor_2569701.png)

> [“Most people's identities were important to them, something they wouldn't shed. It was proud, it was timid, it was laudable, it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-sorrentino/most-people-s-identities-were-important-to-them-something-they-wouldn/)

[Christopher Sorrentino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-sorrentino/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4d/christopher-sorrentino-70702_friendship_most-people-s-identities-were-important_2741683.jpg)

> [“Our spirits are full of possibilities, yet we tie ourselves down to socially-prescribed names and categories so we're acceptable to more people.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-bornstein/our-spirits-are-full-of-possibilities-yet-we-tie-ourselves-down-to/)

[Kate Bornstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-bornstein/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a84/kate-bornstein-11426_identity_our-spirits-are-full-of-possibilities-ye_2887486.jpg)

> [Other people's identities do not need to be a discussion all of the time. We need to just accept that other people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-r-fightmaster/other-people-s-identities-do-not-need-to-be-a-discussion-all-of-the/)

[E. R. Fightmaster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-r-fightmaster/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/793/e-r-fightmaster-17601_accept_other-people-s-identities-do-not-need-to_2988434.jpg)

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