"The narrative constructs the identity of the character, what can be called his or her narrative identity, in constructing that of the story told. It is the identity of the story that makes the identity of the character."

-- Paul Ricoeur

#Character Quotes #Identity Quotes #Narrative Quotes

“In order to work well, markets need a basic level of trust.”
“In addition to the dread of Indians, Texas held out no inducements for Mexican emigrants.”
“I go once a year to the Serengeti to see the wildebeest migrations because that means a lot to me, but I avoid Olduvai if I can because it is a ruin. It is most depressing.”
“The minimum necessary structuring ingredient of every ideology is to distance itself from another ideology, to denounce its other as ideology.”

Source : Interview with Dianna Dilworth, www.believermag.com. July 2004.
“A world government run by the UN will be like getting an old, purblind, half-deaf substitute teacher.”
“My life revolves around my child's routine.”
“I am a career public servant. Until the aftermath of Benghazi, I loved every day of my job.”

Source : "CNN Newsroom" with Wolf Blitzer, www.cnn.com. May 8, 2013.
“If people can't deal with their problems, they numb themselves a little bit.”

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