“Throughout my life, I have grappled with my own identity, who I am. As a young child, I often felt ambivalent about myself; in fact, confused.” ChildrenFactsYoungFeltMy OwnIdentityWho I AmConfusedYoung ChildrenAmbivalent Author:James McGreevey
“I've always been a freak and different, oddball even in my childhood and my own family, so I can relate to people who are struggling and trying to find their true identity. I do not sit in the seat of judgment. .. I love people for who they are. We're all God's children.” PeopleTryingChildrenI CanDifferentMy OwnStruggleChildhoodIdentityJudgmentRelateSeatsFreakBeing DifferentFreakyIndividual DifferencesTrue IdentityOddballs Author:Dolly Parton
“While America will always, I think, feel foreign to me, New York City is my home. This is where I can construct my own identity freely and reject labels imposed on me.” ThinkingFeelsI CanHomeAmericaMy OwnCitiesNew YorkIdentityLabelsRejectsNew York CityConstructs Book:Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina Source: Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
“By practice and conviction formed, With ancient stubbornness ingrained, Although her body clung and swarmed, My own identity remained.” BodyMy OwnPracticeIdentityAncientConvictionStubbornness Book:The collected poems of Yvor Winters Source: The collected poems of Yvor Winters
“I once knew it. I only hope that I can regain my own identity, once I decide that Perry Mason and myself have come to the parting of the road. Perry Mason has become a career for me . . . all I know is that I work, eat and sleep Perry Mason.” KnowsI CanMy OwnSleepCareersIdentityPartingMasons Author:Raymond Burr
“Vision connects you. But it also separates you. In my work, and my life, I feel a desire to merge. Not in terms of losing my own identity... but theres a feeling that life is interconnected, that theres life in stones and rocks and trees and dirt, like there is in us.” FeelsFeelingsLife IsDesireTermMy OwnVisionTreeRocksIdentityLosingStonesDirtInterconnected Author:Bill Viola
“I've really come into my own as an artist. I'm much more sure of my identity and understand it much better, and have accepted the fact that I like to jump around a lot in terms of who I am and what kind of music I create, and that it is okay - in fact, that is my main identity, the fact that I do that.” KindFactsArtistTermMy OwnIdentityOkayAcceptedWho I Am Author:Marina and the Diamonds
“The way to respect all the people I love is to eat the music, have it in my blood and bones, and try to explore it in as much different ways as possible to create my own identity.” PeopleWayTryingDifferentMy OwnLove IsBloodIdentityBonesDifferent Ways Author:Hiromi