Quotes About Belonging

A lot of my personality was informed by feeling very different in the world I grew up in, feeling that I didn't fully belong, that my parents didn't belong.

Molde fits me very well; Man United fits me very well because it's in me. It's in your personality. It's ingrained in you. I understand the club.

We inherit the family we're born into and create the family we need.

With families, no matter what kind you inherit, at some point you want to announce that you belong to it.

French citizenship should be either inherited or merited.

I was a problem child, and problem children do the seemingly insane because they are trying to find out how to fit into the scheme of things.

I was insecure and ashamed. Unless you're gay, being gay has never been looked at as being cool. And I wanted to be cool.

Everyone is insecure, especially in high school.

I could have been insecure in 'Yamla Pagla'... if I wanted to be. With three actors who are amazing beyond belief and are a brand themselves, they don't even need me. They made sure that I was part of it. It's about the people whom you meet. They make you secure or insecure. It's their attitude. I have been very fortunate.

Punjab is inseparable from my personality as I have spent a lot of time in my growing up years here.

Roots are not in landscape or a country, or a people, they are inside you.

I do feel like I'm not entirely an insider.

I don't feel comfortable as an insider.

I hope that I can be an inspiration to kids that are young and may feel different or may feel like they don't belong.

I just wanted to be a part of the band. Actually, that's what inspired me.

Whenever I come to Ahmedabad, I feel as if I am at home. Amdavadis make the best audience and that inspires me to make beautiful music.

Even Instagram has become a way to show off your girl group and make other girls feel left out.

I always felt that I was born in the wrong era. I wanted to be friends with John Garfield, for instance.

Being Australian, I sometimes feel I'll never walk into a dressing room and get that instant credibility because of where I'm from.

I was born in London. In a lot of ways I'm English, but I have this Iranianness, this culture instilled by my parents, by my family.

I have an instinct to want to be part of a group of people. I feel safe there. That's why I was in school for so long.

Be true to yourself and go with your instincts - don't be somebody you're not just to fit in.

AC/DC is like a... It's an institution, for a start. The fans feel a part of the family, and that's a good feeling.

I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.