Possible Clues:

• Philosophy’s law of ____ says that a thing is the same as itself
• I had existence and personality
• Tiny edit destroyed character
• Name that gets abbreviated like I had
• Sort of parade one's individuality
• I disclaim concealing songbird’s individuality
• Tiny diet’s awful sameness
• The Bourne __, the first in the series starring Matt Damon
• I say it's not true, accepting little bird is thief's target sometimes
• Uniqueness