America Quote by James A. Baldwin

What passes for identity in America is a series of myths about one's heroic ancestors. It's astounding to me, for example, that so many…

— James A. Baldwin

What passes for identity in America is a series of myths about one's heroic ancestors.

— James A. Baldwin

“Because Americans lack a common ethnicity or extensive heritage, our founding myth is more important than it is for most other peoples. Unlike other…

— Steven K. Green

Identity in America is complicated but it's also simple: it's about whom you identify with and who identifies with you.

— Eric Liu

Identity is the history that has gone into bone and blood and reshaped the flesh. Identity is not what we were but what we…

— Nick Joaquín

Identity is something everyone struggles with. Everyone wants to fit in and find their place, and it's so hard sometimes.

— Jordyn Woods

There's no such thing as identity: it's something we have to believe in to make life more tolerable.

— Sebastian Faulks

To me, a person's identity is composed of both an 'I' and a 'we.' The 'I' finds itself in love, work, and pleasure, but…

— Letty Cottin Pogrebin

All over the world today people have a very strong desire to find a sense of identity, and at the same time that's coupled…

— Jaron Lanier

All of us need an identity which unites us with our neighbours, our countrymen, those people who are subject to the same rules and…

— Roger Scruton

Our identities really are a constant negotiation between the story we tell about ourselves and the narrative our societies like to recite.

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

“Most people's identities were important to them, something they wouldn't shed. It was proud, it was timid, it was laudable, it was stupid. It…

— Christopher Sorrentino