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We define our identity always in dialogue with, sometimes in struggle against, the things our significant others want to see in us. Even after we outgrow some of these others—our parents, for instance—and they disappear from our lives, the conversation with them continues within us as long as we live.

Charles Taylor

We define our identity always in dialogue with, sometimes in struggle against, the things our significant others want to see in us. Even after we outgrow some of these others—our parents, for instance—and they disappear from our lives, the conversation with them continues within us as long as we live.

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About Charles Taylor

Charles Taylor most often refers to:

Charles Taylor (Liberian politician) (born 1948), warlord and president of Liberia
Charles Taylor (philosopher) (born 1931), Canadian philosopher and social theoristCharles, Charlie, or Chuck Taylor may also refer to: