Identity Quotes

I love where I’m from. I don’t live there because of the circumstances, but all my family is there. It’s what’s inside, it’s not what’s outside that determines the culture and the feeling.

That which we remember is, more often than not, that which we would like to have been; or that which we hope to be. Thus our memory and our identity are ever at odds; our history ever a tale told by inattentive idealists.

I am not a Virginian, but an American.

I just wish more of my fellow queers would come out sometimes. It’s nice out here, you know?

I don’t know if it’s because I’m Latina or something, but I have no problem speaking my mind.

I’m a polygamist. I can afford to have as many wives as I can afford to have. All Africans believe in it. My dad has four wives.

I’m Serena Williams on the court, but away I have so many different names. I call myself Butterfly.

But when we came out of camp, that’s when I first realized that being in camp, that being Japanese-American, was something shameful.

The tradition that I come from has a great influence on Karnataka. Not just politically – it’s also my social and moral responsibility to draw citizens facing bad governance and lawlessness to a leadership that is capable of delivering good governance and development.

I’m often mistaken for Spanish or Latin descent.