First of all, what happens is, when you're good at something, you spend a lot of time with it. People identify you with that sport, so it becomes part of your identity.
Our democratic societies are in danger. In allowing ourselves to be infiltrated by fear, to be blinded by the passion of identity, we are entertaining the most serious illusions about our freedom.
A quest for knowledge is not a war with faith; spirituality is not usually an infelicitous amalgam of superstition and philistinism; and moral relativism, taken outside midfield, leads inexorably both to heresy and to secular wickedness, which are of...
The possibility of saying anything about a thing rests on the assumption that it preserves its identity, or continues to be the same thing in the respect described, that it will behave in future situations as it has in past.
These sorts of things can happen, identities can be switched, the emotional implications are something that he has not been trained to feel. His whole life has been about separating himself from these sorts of actions.
I was a businessman for 16 years of my life, so when I started writing, I wanted to keep my literary identity separate.
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.
For the duration of its collective life, or the time during which its identity may be assumed, each class resembles a hotel or an omnibus, always full, but always of different people.
I've struggled with an identity sometimes; I don't know what exactly I am. I love so many types of music, and I don't want to commit to going down one road.
There is another interesting paradox here: by immersing ourselves in what we love, we find ourselves. We do not lose ourselves. One does not lose one's identity by falling in love.
Against the dark background of this contemporary civilization of well-being, even the arts tend to mingle, to lose their identity.
Your Real Self is the permanent atom of your identity, the rock of ages that remains unmoved by the restless tides of life.
The more you make your thoughts (beliefs) into your identity, the more cut off you are from the spiritual dimension within yourself.
Reddit names are unconnected to real-world identities and it's commonplace for users to create 'throwaway' accounts to reveal sensitive information.
Forms come and go. You, the quantum non-entity behind your human identity, comes nor goes.
I've done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.
We are therefore constantly on the road, straying from one mental image to the next, and identify with these images, and derive our identity from the images.
All young people, regardless of sexual orientation or identity, deserve a safe and supportive environment in which to achieve their full potential.
We need to reflect the true identity of Muslims, how peaceful they are and really be able to talk to the Western media about the true look and heart of the Muslims.
Could it be that violence is as much a part of the American identity as the Constitution, and a vital component to its economic stability?
In most cases, my favorite Jethro Tull songs will be determined by how I feel about them as live performance songs, not by the recorded identity.
