Quotes About Belonging

I have dual citizenship, it just so happens I live in America.

Birthright citizenship in America is part of something larger: The American longing to sever from history, to be a place of new beginnings.

I have dual citizenship.

Well I don't know, I might have lost my citizenship, I don't think you can lose your citizenship though.

My mother didn't get her citizenship until much later in life.

The city of Seattle has become my second home for my family and I.

Rock n' roll really belongs to all America. It really doesn't belong to one city.

Our civic society is really all we have by way of nationhood.

I'm a civilian, a citizen.

D.C. is where I started. That's home for me. I always love coming back to the area. They treat me so well, and people show up. They're excited and claim me as their own. I love it.

Who does get to claim Americanness? You know, my brother was born in this country. And is he seen as American? So, I mean, it brings up a lot of interesting questions.

When I asked myself what I'd want to see in a comic about a Pakistani superhero, the first word that came to mind was 'relatable.'

While my mother lived, I always felt to a certain degree as if I had somebody who was my superior and who exercised a mysterious protection over me. I belonged to something - I hung to something - there is nothing that has so much reverence and religion in it as affection to parents.

Every nation feels itself to be superior, but in America it's a jaunty feeling, and in some cases a rather ominous one among the super-patriots.

What moves me is neither ethnocentric pride nor sectarian arrogance. I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures. But it is mine.

People can be incredibly proprietary about Superman. They think that the character belongs to them.

There's been a long lineage of a stranger in a strange land, whether it's 'E.T.,' 'Starman,' or other movies about trying to connect with humanity; it struck me that's what a Superman story really is.

I'm not looking to be a superstar. I just want to be in a room with good people who are similar to me and are at least open to things that I have to say.

Since I am an outsider, I never knew how it feels to have a superstar in one's family.

Diet and supplements and exercise programs aren't what is achieving longevity. Having a faith-based community can add four to 14 years.

As an artist, I've always felt most comfortable outside of the art supply store. So domestic materials are the ones that most help inform what I'm trying to talk about and our familiarity as a whole - kind of the collective us, I guess.

I'm sorry I'm not gay or Jewish, so I don't have a special interest group of journalists that support me.

It's crazy to see all the fans, and it's cool to see them all support each other - it all feels like one big family.

To be counted in the census is to be both seen and supported.