#identity

It’s scary telling someone you care about, someone you love who you really are. ↗

There was a way in which my grandmother's true self was not these guests' business; no one's true self was the business of more than a very small number of family members or close friends. ↗

— Curtis Sittenfeld

#self #truth #business

The act of writing itself is much like the construction of a mirror made of words. Looking at certain illuminated corners of or cracks within the mirror, the author can see fragments of an objective reality that comprise the physical universe, social communities, political dynamics, and other facets of human existence. Looking in certain other corners of the same mirror, he or she may experience glimpses of a True Self sheltered deftly behind a mask of public proprieties. ↗

— Aberjhani

#human-nature #humanity #identity #mirrors #personal-identity

I don't have the identity of any of them. I only had the nicks that they used on Internet Relay Chat. ↗

— Jon Johansen

#chat #had #i #identity #internet

I knew an actor's career goes up and down and back up again. Your standing in this business can't be your whole identity; otherwise, you're doomed. ↗

— Lisa Kudrow

#again #back #back up #business #career

I've reached the 50th year of my life, and now every question related with life also includes thinking about death. When I leave, I want to leave to my offspring a clear idea about identity. ↗

— Emir Kusturica

#also #clear #clear idea #death #every

Just because I believe in the identity and integrity of my country doesn't make a xenophobe or a nationalist. ↗

— Emir Kusturica

#believe #country #i #i believe #i believe in

Human identity is the most fragile thing that we have, and it's often only found in moments of truth. ↗

— Alan Rudolph

#fragile #fragile thing #human #identity #moments

Through my travels, I find inspiration in street style and how young women create their individual looks and identity. ↗

— Maria Sharapova

#find #how #i #identity #individual

But the building's identity resided in the ornament. ↗