Identity Quote by Saroo Brierley

Part of me always felt like the other, the outsider, the observer. My father had two sons with his second wife, who I didn't…

— Elif Safak

Who you are, where you've been and what you've done is all up here, captured and preserved in your memories. If you lost that…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

I think my whole identity is formed around not knowing where I'm from. It might even be that I find comfort in that confusion.

— Mitski

Identity is a prison you can never escape, but the way to redeem your past is not to run from it, but to try…

— Jay-Z

We all need a past - that's where our sense of identity comes from.

— Penelope Lively

My past is what I've been through, it's not who I am. It has helped mold me, but it does not define me.

— Scarlet Koop

I've been through so many different phases, partly because I moved around so much. I never found my identity based on where I was…

— Lauv

There are many people who could claim and learn from their Indian ancestry, but because of the fear their parents and grandparents knew, because…

— Joseph Bruchac

I'm really interested in stories about identity - who I am now versus who I used to be.

— Seth Gordon

Before doing 'Midnight's Children,' I didn't really have a chance to explore my Indian side. The Indian side of my heritage was always present,…

— Satya Bhabha

My identity was a big issue when I was a teenager, and I had a lot of questions, like: 'Who am I?' 'Who do…

— Hiam Abbass

Throughout my life, I have grappled with my own identity, who I am. As a young child, I often felt ambivalent about myself, in…

— James McGreevey