Quotes About Belonging

The solution to alone-ness is not more solitude, but companionship and community.

Only the family of God can solve the problems of our time.

What I always emphasize is that I am a representative who happens to be Somali.

I mix things from my Somali culture and my American side.

I know that for me, a lot of people will look at me and they'll think 'Somali' or 'outsider' instead of 'Minnesota.'

My stepmom's from Somalia, my baby sister is African American, my dad was always English, I'm a white man... You may have noticed.

All of us, believers and non-believers, desire some kind of fellowship and connection.

Some people just want to be accepted.

For some people, the definition of who is and who isn't an American defies logic, historical accuracy, common sense, decency, good manners, the milk of human kindness, enjoyment in the good things in life, and love of good food.

Everybody needs somebody.

Everybody has to be somebody to somebody to be anybody.

I didn't emphasize my Jewishness because I wanted to. I just happen to have been raised in a family where everybody happened to talk like this, so why would I talk like somebody else?

Everybody is somebody, so you don't have to introduce anybody.

I didn't have to be somebody I wasn't coming into the league. I had a great foundation from my family.

If somebody judges me, then they're not my people, and that's all right.

The notion of 'we' is very important. I think, for any family, any community to be able to say 'we' in this family, it means something. It's dangerous to society when somebody will place himself or herself on the outside of 'we.'

When I have a family someday, I'll probably adopt. Adoption has always been something close to my heart. There are so many kids out there who really need a family.

I want my permanent address to be in Oklahoma. Someday, when I get married and I have kids, that's where I want to raise my kids.

I miss Boston so much and want to get back there someday.

Someday, I'll make the right connection with the house I'm meant to be in.

I cried to my mother that I wanted to go to Hebrew school; I wanted Jewish friends. But when my mother took me, the kids there all knew each other, and somehow I was even more of an outcast.

A lot of my friends are club people. It's not me. It's funny to represent that, because it's not me. I don't fit into a gay club setting. It's just ironic that I represent that somehow.

It's nice to see a friendly face or have someone know your name.

To some Americans, there was no possible way I could naturally be the daughter of this white American; I had to be from someplace else.