Identity Quotes

"An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience." "The American ideal, after all, is that everyone should be as much alike as possible." "The reason people think it’s important to be white is that they think it’s important not to be black." "Sometimes you need to step outside, get some air, and remind yourself of who you are and who you want to be" "A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors the men it remembers" "The echo mocks her origin to prove she is the original." "I am the darker brother, they send me to eat" "Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect, whether he chooses to be so or not." "Action is character." "The moment you fear, you are nobody" "I'm glad my son (The Rock) doesn't have to be labeled black or Samoan or mixed. He has instead been labeled as the best" "We are all refugees, fleeing from our own past" "I'm always amazed that people take what I say seriously. I don't even take what I am seriously." "I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human." "I re-invented my image so many times that I'm in denial that I was originally an overweight Korean woman." "All I can do is be me, whoever that is" "How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?" "I always knew I was a star" "Think you're escaping and run into yourself. L" "The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are"