I re-invented my image so many times that I'm in denial that I was originally an overweight Korean woman. (During a spoof segment on 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien'.)
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A joke about identity reinvention using absurd hypotheticals.
- In plain terms
- I changed so much I deny my original self.
- What can you take from it?
- Reinvention can be extreme.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who is the real you?
- How much can you change?
Another view
It trivializes serious identity issues.
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