Quotes About Belonging

I grew up in Arizona. I love it. I'm a part of the desert. I feel like, really, I'm from the Sonoran Desert, which is - extends to both sides of the border. I'm really from that part of Mexico, also. And I hate that there's a fence, you know, running through it.

My wife Helen is Cornish and both sides of her family are Cornish going back at least a dozen generations. And I envy that and desperately want it for my children.

I met some friends in the end of 10th, beginning of 11th, who were in the popular group so I finished off high school in that group and got to see both sides.

You can't be a mod and a rocker. You have to choose sides.

I'm not embarrassed that I'm mixed. I'm not ashamed that I'm mixed. I very much embraced both sides.

I think there are a lot of misconceptions on both sides, the developing vs. the developed world, especially about America. I've felt the frustration in my lack of belonging to any one place, but I've also felt it liberating to be able to appreciate something without feeling disloyal to my own culture.

In Paris, one is always reminded of being a foreigner. If you park your car wrong, it is not the fact that it's on the sidewalk that matters, but the fact that you speak with an accent.

I became part of a drag family, which is where I got part of my last name, Davenport, from. I got the name Sahara from one of my favorite performers at that time, Sierra. I was like, 'I'm black, so I should be the African one, Sahara.'

My father was born and raised in Sierra Leone, and my mom was from Bermuda.

Although I have my sights set globally, I'm from Canada.

My daddy didn't even sign my birth certificate. So I ain't never had his last name.

By playing on people's desire to belong to groups, Facebook creates a new, inclusive society. After all, Facebook is not like Harvard College. Anyone with access to the Internet can sign up.

Gardening is seen as a pastime that is almost like belonging to the Church of England - a sign of maturity and wisdom and right thinking.

I'm not interested in placing my signature on a house but would rather it be a signature of the place it's located.

In 1950, when the Giants signed me, they gave me $15,000. I bought a 1950 Mercury. I couldn't drive, but I had it in the parking lot there, and everybody that could drive would drive the car. So it was like a community thing.

I feel rejected in France. And do you know why I signed for Bayern when I could have gone anywhere? Because they made me feel wanted.

The gospel of Jesus Christ is for everyone. We are all significant parts of the whole. I never think of myself as single; I think of myself as Sheri, a member of the Lord's Church.

When I was a kid I didn't feel like I fit in because - this is really silly and I probably shouldn't say it, but, I didn't think anything was funny. So I used to go home and literally cry to my mom and my step-dad at the time and I didn't think anything was funny. I couldn't laugh.

I'm not a massive reader of online comments but I come across the odd comment where people still question if I'm English. I find that so silly.

The Raiders have been good to me, giving me a second chance to come back around and wear the silver and black.

The silver and black may have another home, but the Raiders will always belong to the people of Los Angeles.

The mana of the silver fern comes from all of you and I will wear it with pride.

I discovered that I was part of a Parkinson's community with similar experiences and similar questions that I'd been dealing with alone.

I know what it feels like to be one of those conservative rugby lads because I went to a similar school growing up.