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Sunday, May 5th, 2024
the <>Sixth Sunday after Easter
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Sermon Quotations Archive

Quotations regarding 'Identity'

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I began wearing hats as a young lawyer because it helped me to establish my professional identity. Before that, whenever I was at a meeting, someone would ask me to get coffee.
Bella Abzug, American Lawyer (1920-1998)
Iranians defend and present their Islamic and Iranian identity to other people worldwide.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian Statesman (1956-  )
The system of domination is founded on depriving nations of their true identity. It seeks to deprive nations of their culture, identity, self-confidence and in this way dominate them.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian Statesman (1956-  )
I am a writer and always was; being a writer is an integral part of my identity. Being published, being well regarded, is a component of that identity.
Brian Aldiss, English Writer (1925-  )
Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.
B. R. Ambedkar, Indian Politician (1891-1956)
You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
A. R. Ammons, American Poet
I threw myself into this artform because photography had given me a new sense of mission and identity.
Bob Anderson, -
My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
Arthur Ashe, American Athlete (1943-1993)
An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience.
James Baldwin, American Educator
A strong sense of identity gives man an idea he can do no wrong; too little accomplishes the same.
Djuna Barnes, American Novelist (1892-1982)
Americans may have no identity, but they do have wonderful teeth.
Jean Baudrillard, French Sociologist (1929-2007)
Identity theft is one of the fastest-growing crimes in the nation - especially in the suburbs.
Melissa Bean, American Politician (1962-  )
As part of my efforts to fight identity theft, I worked with my colleagues on the Financial Services Committee to strengthen consumer protection with a reasonable notification requirement.
Melissa Bean, American Politician (1962-  )
That's all true, but there was something else going on for me as a kid, something about my gender identity that I haven't figured out yet. And that's one of the things I'm hoping to dissect and investigate in this memoir project.
Alison Bechdel, American Cartoonist (1960-  )
The idea that you surrender your identity when you relinquish national powers is unhelpful. No, indeed, precisely the opposite is the case: if done in an intelligent way, you attain the sovereignty to better solve national problems in cooperation with others.
Ulrich Beck, German Sociologist (1944-  )
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, American Journalist (1842-  )
Globalisation, which benefits only multi-national companies and takes away all sense of local or national pride and identity, is the biggest threat facing all the member states of the EU.
Steve Blake, American Athlete (1980-  )
Strengthening our identity is one way of reinforcing people's confidence and sense of citizenship and well-being.
David Blunkett, British Politician (1947-  )
Shakespeare's idea of the tragic fact is larger than this idea and goes beyond it; but it includes it, and it is worth while to observe the identity of the two in a certain point which is often ignored.
Andrew Coyle Bradley, American Judge (1844-1902)
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, American Politician (1945-  )
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