#entity

Gang violence in America is not a sudden problem. It has been a part of urban life for years, offering an aggressive definition and identity to those seeking a place to belong in the chaos of large metropolitan areas. ↗

— Dave Reichert

#america #areas #been #belong #chaos

I don't know what kind of great I'm bound to be," Dove considered his prospects calmly, "all I know for certain is I'm born a world-shaker. ↗

— Nelson Algren

#identity #prospects-on-life #life

I believe that there is some spiritual entity that's greater than us. I do not belong to any specific organized religion. I have always believed that, and I believe it even more so now. I believe that someone was listening to me, and someone is giving me an incredibly blessed life. ↗

— Jane Seymour

#any #believe #believed #belong #blessed

Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough for serious scholarly consideration. ↗

— Barbara Smith

#consideration #enough #entity #experience #important

I always had long hair. When you lose it, you realise just how important it is to your identity. ↗

— Delta Goodrem

#had #hair #how #i #i always

When you're in a band that's so big when you're young, you kind of lose your identity a little bit. You just become part of the band. I just needed to get away from it. ↗

— Roger Andrew Taylor

#band #become #big #bit #get

My identity is linked to my grandmother, who's pure Filipino, as pure as you can probably get. And that shaped my imagination. So that's how I identify. ↗

— Jessica Hagedorn

#get #grandmother #how #i #identify

I want an identity outside of my work. ↗

— Leighton Meester

#identity #outside #want #work

Canada is the only country in the world that knows how to live without an identity. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#country #how #identity #knows #live

When Ulysses hears his own story sung by an epic poet and then he reveals his identity and the poet wants to continue singing, Ulysses isn't interested any longer. That's very astonishing. ↗

— Raymond Queneau

#astonishing #continue #epic #hears #his