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It would be curious to discover who it is to whom one writes in a diary. Possibly to some mysterious personification of one’s own identity.

Beatrice Webb

English sociologist, economist, socialist, and social reformer

Society historically has a difficult time with the concept of something new and foreign that shakes up our comfortable views, especially if it involves the very volatile question of sexual identity.

Mercedes Ruehl

American actress

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 & scholar

High bankruptcy rates, increased credit card debt, and identity theft make it imperative that all of us take an active role in providing financial and economic education during all stages of one’s life.

Ruben Hinojosa

American politician

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

Former United States Representative from Washington

The actor has a constant problem of personal identity.

Cyril Cusack

Irish actor (1910-1993)

As a result of the awareness and consciousness of decline, an awareness and consciousness of a national ethnicity or an Islamic identity also came into being.

Abdolkarim Soroush

Iranian philosopher

I feel when somebody has been playing cricket for a long time, he creates a separate identity for himself.

Sachin Tendulkar

Indian cricketer

Having viewed Europe as an extension and projection of itself, France now finds Europe developing a mind and identity of its own which embraces France but is not controlled by France.

Peter Mandelson

British peer (born 1953)

It is quite understandable that Puerto Ricans seek to preserve a cultural sense of identity without separating politically from U.S. national sovereignty.

Dick Thornburgh

American politician (1932-2020)

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