I don't like to be labeled as lonely just because I am alone.
It's pathetic how we can't live with the things we can't understand. How we need everything labeled and explained and deconstructed.
There is not a single human characteristic that can be safely labeled as American.
I've been labeled all my life.
The experience and behavior that gets labeled schizophrenic is a special strategy that a person invents in order to live in an unlivable situation.
Is it ok to sometimes be shy?Yes, of course. The point is,that being that way all the time and using it as an excuse to never be the opposite of shy,it's not good. It's not good for your life, your interactions,strenght of character and how diverse and interesting you can be. You are MORE than shy. Don't be labeled, be what you wanna be in any given moment. And DO what WORKS, not what you think you are.
I want to be labeled 'a human who loves humans. '
Once you're labeled as mentally ill, and that's in your medical notes, then anything you say can be discounted as an artefact of your mental illness.
In companies, there are three activities that should be labeled better. First there is the "CORE" which is the thing the company does that its customers pay it to do.
It is important to note that Edward Snowden was labeled as a spy not a whistle-blower - even though he exposed the reach of the spy services into the lives of most Americans. More importantly, he was denounced as being part of a generation that unfortunately combined being educated with a distrust of authority.
I won't be labeled as average.
I've tried many different types of alarm apps, but the tried and true is the iPhone alarm. I like it because you can label your alarms. For my personal amusement, I've labeled them 3 a. m. for 'ridiculously early,' 3:30 is just 'early,' and 4 is 'slacker. '
Everyone is so terrified of being labeled a racist.
You have to adhere to a certain morality, a certain level of decorum, or else you'll be punished and labeled.
The problem was, I was labeled as trouble - so I was like, 'Trouble? I'll show you trouble. You want trouble, well here it is!' No matter what label they give you, the best thing you can do is prove them wrong.
Labels are for the things men make, not for men. The most primitive man is too complex to be labeled.
I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
Once you get labeled, there's nothing you can do about it.
I think women get labeled a lot as being crazy. But I think men make us crazy.
The other thing about the Nights is that it is quite racist. One parentheses is that I think this is one of the negative things that appeal to people, that The Arabian Nights could be used as a disguise for racism. It suited the West. You could smuggle racism into children's literature, you see. The African magician in the story of Aladdin, he's labeled explicitly as the "African Magician. " He's not a character but a stereotype, and a lot of this got into nursery literature in this Oriental disguise.
