Quotes about Identity

I don't think roles help you resolve your issues. I just think they're good markers.

Sometimes you feel like the only resource you have is your body or your looks.

I think what people respond to is someone being who they actually are.

I do not want to be restricted to a particular image.

You can't forget your roots.

I love being Dr. Ruth, so I have never thought of retiring.

But I don't see myself as a woman in science. I see myself as a scientist.

Oh, I grew up in Seattle.

My mother's last name, maiden name is Hogue. She is Cherokee and African. My grandfather, Dave Hogue, owned 300 acres of land in Marion, Alabama. He was an entrepreneur and someone I looked up to as a kid a lot.

People lie to themselves all the time about what they've been through and what it means - I'm no exception. But you write those lies down - lies that really matter to you and that are really painful to let go of because they've become a part of who you are - and they don't work.

It's dangerous that we can all paint a completely false picture of ourselves.

I see fashion as going on par with all the other cultural institutions here. Ballet, theater, opera - I don't see fashion differently.