Mundane humans create distinctions between themselves, distinctions that seem ridiculous to any Shadowhunter. Their distinctions are based on race, religion, national identity, any of a dozen minor and irrelevant markers. - Cassandra Clare Vietnamese must be made to feel that they are racial inferiors with no right to national identity. - Wilfred Burchett Early on, New York already had a national and even international identity. - Ron Chernow Theatre has no national identity. It is something for the world, whether it is Irish, English, or French. - Cyril Cusack American cinema tends to express a patriotic relationship to national identity on a regular basis. - Tom Hooper The loss of national identity is the greatest defeat a nation can know, and it is inevitable under the contemporary form of colonization. - Slobodan Milosevic You talked about national identity cards and the terrorism bill. We have made a government that has grown used to viewing us as subjects, has grown used t...

I am a writer and always was; being a writer is an integral part of my identity. Being published, being well regarded, is a component of that identity. - Brian Aldiss They flank me-Depression on my left, loneliness on my right. They dont need to show their badges. I know these guys very well. ...then they frisk me. They empty my pockets of any joy I had been carrying there. Depression even confiscates my identity;but he always does that. -Page 47 - Elizabeth Gilbert It feels like everything's been decided in advance that I'm following a path somebody else has already mapped out for me. It doesn't matter how much I think things over, how much effort I put into it. In fact, the harder I try, the more I lose my sense of who I am. It's like my identity's an orbit that I've strayed far away from, and that really hurts. But more than that, it scares me. Just thinking about it makes me flinch. - Haruki Murakami In the past I'd always felt like 'the girl...

I've never been disbarred, committed or convicted of moral turpitude, and the only time I was arrested, it was a case of mistaken identity...I didn't know the guy I hit was a cop." TO SPEAK FOR THE DEAD (The Jake Lassiter Series) http://www.amazon.com/SPEAK-DEAD-Jake... - Paul Levine The whole campaign was a tragic case of mistaken identity. - George Mcgovern Some of the biggest cases of mistaken identity are among intellectuals who have trouble remembering that they are not God. - Thomas Sowell

I think the thing that I most appreciate now is that stereotypes involving Jewish identity activate fears of persecution that exist in the present day. - Gregg Easterbrook On another level, I want to mention that I have a strong Jewish identity and - over the years - have been involved in several Jewish projects, such as the establishment of a strong program of Judaic Studies at the University of California in San Diego. - Walter Kohn

Identity theft is one of the fastest-growing crimes in the nation - especially in the suburbs. - Melissa Bean As part of my efforts to fight identity theft, I worked with my colleagues on the Financial Services Committee to strengthen consumer protection with a reasonable notification requirement. - Melissa Bean We hear a lot about identity theft when someone takes your wallet and pretends to be you and uses your credit cards. But the more serious identity theft is to get swallowed up in other people's definition of you. - Stephen Covey High bankruptcy rates, increased credit card debt, and identity theft make it imperative that all of us take an active role in providing financial and economic education during all stages of one's life. - Ruben Hinojosa As problems like identity theft become more prevalent, now more than ever, Americans need to take their financial health seriously - and this information is of the utmost importance. - Ruben Hinojosa I worry about identity ...

The core problem isn't the fact that we're lukewarm, halfhearted, or stagnant Christians. The crux of it all is why we are this way, and it is because we have an inaccurate view of God. We see Him as a benevolent Being who is satisfied when people manage to fit Him into their lives in some small way. We forget that God never had an identity crisis. He knows that He's great and deserves to be the center of our lives. - Francis Chan The film is about Joe discovering who his mother and father are and his relationship with them, and the identity crisis he goes through once he finds out who his parents are. - Christopher Eccleston I am Oscar Wilde's reversible underwear. I am John Wayne's rusty six-shooter. I am William Shakespeare's identity crisis. I am a kiss delivered Priority Mail, to a girl named Agatha, by me dressed as a mailman. - Jarod Kintz

Happy World Poetry Day: 'The American identity has never been a singular one and the voices of poets invariably sing, in addition to their own, the voices of those around them. - Aberjhani The other aspect of American identity worth focusing on is the concept of America as a nation of immigrants. That certainly is a partial truth. But it is often assumed to be the total truth. - Samuel P Huntington