Quotes About Belonging

I am a proud Englishman and proud every time I pull on the England shirt.

In my family, I'm short.

All the time, there was the weight of my community's expectations on my shoulders.

It's amazing when you go back home now, when you remember how you were before. You go back home and all those people are calling your name, shouting. I get mobbed by the kids. They want to see you, want to know you.

I'm actually embarrassed to tell people I'm Russian these days, because it's become such an awful place.

I feel really happy like with 'Derry Girls,' I feel happy to be part of something that young people are like, that is dysfunctional and you feel awkward in relationships and you try to find someone that makes you feel comfortable.

I definitely felt awkward and I didn't fit in. Other than that, I'm learning that everyone felt that way: even the popular girls.

Let's start with the church. As you know, it's my background, it's a natural setting for me and it's definitely my roots.

I'm of Arab background.

For some people of color, for some people with conservative or religious backgrounds, you know, we're constantly sort of looking over our shoulder.

I lived in Barueri for a long time, and now I live in a city close to Barueri, so it's like my backyard.

I did not want people to know that I was a Muslim; I did not want people to know my name or that I did not have an American name. I did not want that. Because I knew if they knew that, they would cast me as the bad guy.

Look, I know what it feels like to believe you're 'different' in a bad way.

The only family I knew was the Royal Ballet and I didn't feel I was part of it in a way. I moved up quite quickly so I didn't make many friends. You are on your own in that sort of place.

I love Baltimore, I definitely look at it as home, somewhere I'm very comfortable.

I'm from Baltimore.

I love Baltimore. This city has made me the man that I am.

Baltimore is definitely still home. It's always going to be home for me.

Baltimore is my heart. The fans are family.

The relationships I have in Baltimore will never change.

I love Baltimore.

I grew up in the Canaan Baptist Church.

For us, church was kind of the way that we found our first entry into community in Arkansas. My parents would drop us off at the First Baptist Church of Lincoln so that we would make friends and we would learn English.

Barcelona, of course, it is part of me.