“My identity was a big issue when I was a teenager, and I had a lot of questions, like: 'Who am I?' 'Who do I belong to?' But when I was still quite young, I decided that belonging is a tough process in life, and I'd better say I belonged to myself and the world rather than belonging to one nationality or another.” WorldStillsBigsYoungProcessIssuesIdentityToughDecidedTeenagerBelongingNationality Author:Hiam Abbass
“Still uncertain as to our identity, we think that what matters in the work world is gaining attention and making friends. And these misconceptions and naïveté are brutally exposed in the light of the real world.” ThinkingWorldStillsRealMatterLightAttentionIdentityReal WorldExposedWhat MattersUncertainMisconceptionVetsMaking Friends Book:Mastery Source: Mastery
“Young people, who are still uncertain of their identity, often try on a succession of masks in the hope of finding the one which suits them - the one, in fact, which is not a mask.” PeopleTryingStillsFactsYoungIdentityYouthFindingsSuitsMaskUncertainSuccessionFinding The One Author:W. H. Auden
“You can't run away from your identity. Even if I went to another band, I'd still be Lips from the band Anvil. I've spent my entire life trying to be that, that's what I am. There's nowhere to run.” IfsTryingStillsRunningIdentityBandLipsRunning AwayAnvils Author:Steve "Lips" Kudlow
“Try and travel with the eyes of the spirit wide open, and not too much factual information. To tune in, without reverence, idly -- but with real inward attention. It is to be had for the feeling, that mysterious sense of rapport, of identity with the ground. You can extract the essence of a place once you know how. If you just get as still as a needle you'll be there.” IfsKnowsTryingStillsRealFeelingsEyeSpiritAttentionKnow HowToo MuchInformationIdentityTravelEssenceWideMysteriousTunesReverenceInwardNeedlesFactualRapport Author:Lawrence Durrell
“The male dares to be different to the degree that he accepts his passivity and his desire to be female, his fagginess. The farthest out male is the dragqueen, but he, although different from most men, is exactly like all other dragqueens; like the functionalist, he has an identity - a female; he tries to define all his troubles away - but still no individuality. Not completely convinced that he's a woman, highly insecure about being sufficiently female, he conforms compulsively to the man-made feminine stereotype, ending up as nothing but a bundle of stilted mannerisms.” MenTryingMadeStillsDifferentDesireAcceptingTroubleIdentityDegreesFemaleMalesIndividualityDareConvincedFeminineStereotypeConformInsecureBundlesPassivityMannerismsDare To Be Different Book:SCUM Manifesto Source: SCUM Manifesto