“Social scientists sometimes talk about the concept of "identity". It is the idea that you have a particular vision of the kind of person you are, and you feel awful when you do things that are out of line with that vision.”
Source: Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
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Brian Tracy (1944) American motivational speaker and writer
Source: The Gift of Self-Confidence
“If you want to build a major firm, you cannot do it by having a modest vision.”
Ronald Cohen (1945) British businessman
Book The Second Bounce of the Ball (2007)
Gregory Peck (1916–2003) American actor
As quoted in The ArtSlut's Guide to Makin' It — As a Visual Artist (2007) by Barb Benson
Context: You have to dream, you have to have a vision, and you have to set a goal for yourself that might even scare you a little because sometimes that seems far beyond your reach. Then I think you have to develop a kind of resistance to rejection, and to the disappointments that are sure to come your way.
Craig Groeschel (1967) American priest
It – How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It (2008, Zondervan)
Roger Ebert (1942–2013) American film critic, author, journalist, and TV presenter
Review http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/red-1994 of Three Colors: Red (2 December 1994) <br class="br">Reviews, Four star reviews <br class="br">Context: We are connected with some people and never meet others, but it could easily have happened otherwise. Looking back over a lifetime, we describe what happened as if it had a plan. To fully understand how accidental and random life is — how vast the odds are against any single event taking place — would be humbling. … This is the kind of film that makes you feel intensely alive while you're watching it, and sends you out into the streets afterwards eager to talk deeply and urgently, to the person you are with. Whoever that happens to be.
Donald Judd (1928–1994) artist
1980 <br class="br">Source: Flash Art, Nr. 132-134, (1987), p. 36: Cited in: " ‘Donald Judd: Stacks’ at Mnuchin Gallery http://galleristny.com/2013/10/donald-judd-stacks-at-mnuchin-gallery/" by Andrew Russeth at galleristny.com, 10/01/13.
Mary H.K. Choi American author and journalist
On communicating with other like-minded individuals in “Mary H.K. Choi, Author of ‘Emergency Contact’ (Interview)” https://ilymag.com/2018/05/08/mary-h-k-choi-author-of-emergency-contact-interview/ in Ily Magazine (2018 May 8)
Sarah Gadon (1987) Canadian actress
SARAH GADON IS NEW CLASS' 'MOST LIKELY TO WEAR A CORSET https://www.mtv.com/news/1671809/sarah-gadon-dream-house/ (September 30, 2011)