#identity

A strong sense of identity gives man an idea he can do no wrong; too little accomplishes the same. ↗

— Djuna Barnes

#gives #idea #identity #little #man

Americans may have no identity, but they do have wonderful teeth. ↗

— Jean Baudrillard

#may #teeth #wonderful

Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#deadly #english #essential #example #identity

It's challenging to find an identity as a young person if you don't have the sustenance of love, because you're being shipped around. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#because #being #challenging #find #identity

We don't need a melting pot in this country, folks. We need a salad bowl. In a salad bowl, you put in the different things. You want the vegetables - the lettuce, the cucumbers, the onions, the green peppers - to maintain their identity. You appreciate differences. ↗

— Jane Elliot

#bowl #country #differences #different #different things

Thirty years ago, in 1976, the notion of organized activity to combat discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity was an extremely controversial one. ↗

— Robert Brady

#ago #based #combat #controversial #discrimination

In the past I'd always felt like 'the girl' in the show or the movie. On 'Friday Night Lights' there were a bunch of girls, and I was the woman. Initially there was a little struggle with my identity around that. But now there's a sense of ease. ↗

— Connie Britton

#around #bunch #ease #felt #friday

When people get married because they think it's a long-time love affair, they'll be divorced very soon, because all love affairs end in disappointment. But marriage is a recognition of a spiritual identity. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#affairs #because #disappointment #divorced #end

Bruce Wayne is Batman. He became Batman the instant his parents were murdered. Batman needs Bruce, however hollow that identity feels to him from time to time. Bruce keeps Batman human. ↗

— Kevin Conroy

#became #bruce #feels #from time to time #him

My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There's no way I can control him. I wouldn't stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss. ↗

— Barbara Corcoran

#business #control #could #felt #forces