Quotes about Identity
I've experienced colorism in that way: where if you're lighter, then you'll potentially be accepted into society better than if you were darker-skinned.
— Diane Guerrero
In my case, I never really thought about what it would be like in the WWE. I never thought I could make it to the WWE? especially being a Black man who is 5-foot-6 and 160 pounds.
— Rich Swann
The conventional wisdom is that if you are gay, you cannot play the romantic straight lead in a movie.
— Ian Mckellen
I'm enormously proud of being the ancestor of a convict. That's mad, isn't it, but I really am.
— Anne Reid
For me, leaving the Marine Corps was more disorienting than returning home.
— Phil Klay
This is my costume. I'm a homicidal maniac. They look just like everyone else.
— Christina Ricci
I don't know a country in the world that doesn't have borders and doesn't want to know who is coming into their country.
— John Kennedy
In most red states, country music is a major way of life.
— Meghan McCain
Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner. You must be eating some of what's on that plate. Being here in America doesn't make you an American. Being born here in America doesn't make you an American.
— Malcolm X
There are actors who are really fantastically talented at being natural on screen and appearing to be themselves, but I like the challenge of becoming somebody else.
— Toni Collette
I'm very secure about my talents and about who I am.
— Dolly Parton
On the day when I was shot, and on the next day, people raised the banners of 'I am Malala'. They did not say 'I am Taliban.'
— Malala Yousafzai