It was sort of an experiment to try to leave the violin. Can I be a real person without this thing? It was a big part of my identity.
I can't give up my own identity.
For some of us, books are intrinsic to our sense of personal identity.
If you really have your own identity you'll keep on doing what you think is really right for you, and you'll also understand the next step you want to take.
Performancism is the mindset that equates our identity and value directly with our performance and accomplishments.
I used to be on dance team in high school; it was called drill team in Texas. And when I started doing theater sophomore year, I had to make a decision which thing I was gonna follow. It was a big shift because I sort of had all these friends on dance squad, and when I started to do theater, my whole identity shifted.
The weakness in traditional Scottish nationalism lay in its own inability to grasp that identity could not be the only factor in the march to independence.
Basically, I see Iran as an authentic nation-state. And that authentic identity gives it cohesion, which most of the Middle East lacks.
Our flag is our identity, and we can't disrespect or let anyone else disrespect our identity.
I've scammed so many people throughout my whole life who never learned my true identity until I started acting.
Food is not rational. Food is culture, habit, craving and identity.
To be able to always have a super sense of who I was and my own real identity and be petty and seem informed and always thinking in thoughts would be great.
