“When you've been raised in care, rap music isn't just about guns and sexism. They're talking about real things you can hang on to, problems of identity that you have sympathy with. It's not just about the music, with rap: when I was in care, it meant a whole lot more than that.” RealWholeProblemCareTalkingIdentityMusic IsGunRaisedRapSexismSympathyReal ThingsRap Music Author:Samantha Morton
“What is at stake in the debate over health care is more than the mere crafting of policy. The issue is now the identity of the Democratic Party.” CarePartyIssuesPolicyIdentityDemocraticMereDebateHealth CareStakesDemocratic Party Author:Thomas Frank
“It's the difference between watching a football game between two teams you don't care about, and watching a game where you have some kind of personal identity with one of the teams, if only a huge bet.” IfsKindTwoCareGamesDifferencesTeamIdentityFootballHugeDon't CareFootball GamePersonal Identity Author:Hunter S. Thompson
“We don't exist unless there is someone who can see us existing, what we say has no meaning until someone can understand, while to be surrounded by friends is constantly to have our identity confirmed; their knowledge and care for us have the power to pull us from our numbness. In small comments, many of them teasing, they reveal they know our foibles and except them and so, in turn, accept that we have a place in the world.” KnowsWorldCareTurnsAcceptingIdentityCommentPlaces In The WorldTeaseNumbnessFoiblesSurrounded By Friends Author:Alain de Botton
“My approach to acting now is so different -- I'm fearless because I have nothing to lose. Before [children] my identity was wrapped up in every decision -- now, I don't care.” ChildrenDifferentCareLosesDecisionActingIdentityApproachDon't CareFearlessI Don't CareNothing To LoseActing Now Author:Jessica Alba
“I knew what it felt like to have no say in who you were as a sexual being. It didn't just strip away your dignity. It stripped away everything you were: your identity, your self-respect, your pleasure. Because it was all about the pleasure of the other person take, take, taking whatever they wanted from you, even if it was uncomfortable, or caused you pain. Even if you died from it, the other person still wouldn't care, because it was all about them.” IfsPersonsStillsSelfCareWantedPainFeltPleasureIdentityDignityDiedUncomfortableSelf Respect Author:Jess C Scott