Quotes About Belonging

I love everything about this city, Philadelphia.

The Philadelphia audiences, they're like our home crowd.

Philadelphia is always going to be home.

I loved my time in Philadelphia. I loved the fanbase, the people, and they will tell you the same thing.

From the moment I arrived in Philadelphia, the city has embraced me.

I feel like I have adopted the Philippines as my second country.

The Philippines, it might be said, is a country in search of an identity.

My writing has been shaped by the three countries - Sri Lanka, the Philippines and England - I have lived in.

Growing up in a brand-new country, coming from the Philippines, was hard. I was treated differently and felt like people thought less of me because I was Asian.

I actually quite miss being called Philippines because in the pageant it's normal for us to be called our country instead of our names. If somebody goes, 'Philippines!' I turn my head and I know that's me. Now they go 'Pia' or 'Miss Universe.' Of course that's better. But I also miss that, being called my country.

I love the Philippines. I feel like it's a huge part of me. It's my home.

When people look at me, ask me, or say something to me, they know I'm Philly.

A.I. didn't ask me to do a bunch of stuff for him. He just wanted me around. Usually we were at the Friday's in Philly, which he should have bought, because he was there so much.

I'm not from Philly - I'm from South Jersey, but we still consider that the Philly area.

Nothing has gotten me out of Philadelphia. I moved 20 minutes away from Philly. That's about it.

I want to be in Philly for the rest of my life.

I'm an Atlanta guy. I think Philly knows that. But I've adopted Philly as my second home, and they've embraced me.

Look, I spent six years in Philly. And for the longest time, I thought there was nothing like Eagles fans. Until I got to Buffalo.

I keep thinking I should get a phone, because everyone's got one and it becomes increasingly difficult to exist in a society where everyone else has moved ahead and you haven't.

I'm not different for the sake of being different, only for the desperate sake of being myself. I can't join your gang: you'd think I was a phony and I'd know it.

Sometimes I have a very fleeting emotional dance with a fleeting phrase, like 'half-Mexican.'

I'm pan-Latino, or whatever that phrase is. It's not a sexy phrase, but it is a sexy, cool thing. That's how I feel.

I keep myself safe both physically and emotionally in my working environment by 'being one of the boys.' In my head, subconsciously, that was my safe place.

Most writers who leave their country physically have already left it mentally and emotionally.