#identity

I used to sit near Marilyn Monroe in the Actor's Studio. She'd get dressed up because that was her identity. Sad. Those cameras wouldn't leave her alone. She didn't know where to hide. ↗

— Doris Roberts

#alone #because #cameras #dressed #get

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 love acting but I don't like all of the other stuff associated with it. The interest in celebrities, the press, the Internet, when your identity becomes mixed up in the way people are preceving you. ↗

— Nicole Kidman

#associated #becomes #celebrities #i #i love

Berlin is still going through a transition since the Cold War - both in what used to be East and West Berlin. I can still sense the confusion and the struggle for identity there in the streets. There's a pulse to it. ↗

— Diane Kruger

#both #cold #cold war #confusion #east

2010 is not just a choice between Republicans and Democrats. 2010 is not just a choice between liberals and conservatives. 2010 is a referendum on the very identity of our nation. ↗

— Marco Rubio

#choice #conservatives #democrats #identity #just

After that I couldn't show my face outside. I lost my identity and balance. I was still living with my parents, and they were my only friends. For so many people, this thing with the nurse was confirmation that I must be mad or mentally ill. ↗

— Mathias Rust

#balance #confirmation #face #friends #i

Each and every Notary Public plays a crucial role in combating identity theft. They serve as our front line of defense and the public is safer because of the job they do. ↗

— Ken Salazar

#combating #crucial #crucial role #defense #each

As I look back over my life, before I had any real identity, I was a traveler. I grew up an Army brat, a runaway, an activist, and a musician. All my life I've been traveling. ↗

— Michelle Shocked

#any #army #back #been #before

I was happy being a journalist. I didn't realize losing my job, my identity went with it. ↗

— Maria Shriver

#happy #i #identity #job #journalist

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

— Louis Sullivan

#building #identity #ornament #resided