Quotes About Belonging

I love Minnesota. The cold is fine with me, being from New Jersey.

My dad's from New Jersey, so I used to go to America a lot. I feel like it is a second home.

Just like I feel like I'm from New Jersey, I'm blonde.

Yes, there's Montreal, but my real home, where my kids were born, where I became a citizen of this country, is New Jersey.

When you start a new job, a lot of times everybody's been there a long time and so you think, 'Oh, it's going to take me a while to make friends and do all that.'

I always cherish my ancestors, my grandpa, great-grandpa, what they did for us, especially my dad who moved from Bosnia. He started a new life in Slovenia so basically I grew up there.

I have a husband and a new life and want to be normal like everyone else.

There is a restless identity in the New World. The New World needs an identity without guilt or blame.

I was born in the U.S., my wife was born in Mexico and emigrated here when she was in college, and my daughters were born in New York City. That makes them passport-carrying, natural-born, eligible-to-run-for-president Americans. But they're also Mexicans and they like that just fine.

I definitely feel most at home in New York City, although I get stir-crazy if I'm here too long.

New York City belongs to the people that was here and made New York City what it is.

The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian but an American.

We have a good connection - New Yorkers, American fans, Argentinean fans and me.

I'm not one of those New Yorkers who so much identifies themselves with the city that they can't imagine living anywhere else. I plan to live a lot of other places, but it is defiantly is a big part of who I am. I have a complicated relationship with it. It has changed so much, but I love it, and it's my home. I'm really glad I grew up there.

I live in Newark. My family lives in Newark. I own a house in Newark.

I love everything about playing for Newcastle, the club, the fans and the city.

When I was growing up in Newcastle, there was one other Indian girl, and we got confused for each other constantly.

Australia is always a place that is dear to me; it is always my second home, and I try to get there as often as I can, but it is not next door, you know.

It's always nice to see familiar faces.

It's always nice to be home and be able to see my family. It's the best feeling.

Netflix isn't available internationally all the time, but the NBA is. It's nice to have something that feels like home.

I think the idea that the community you live in is an extension of your family is a really nice thing for people to think about and to wish for in their own lives.

I think the nice thing about 'Doctor Who' is whether people like it or don't like it, somewhere, someone loves you and will always love you - and the more everyone hates you, the more they'll love you.

I was made fun of in the Midwest - I was the only Asian in my graduating class of 200. Fortunately, I found my niche, and it was fine. But I wanted to be so white, you wouldn't believe it. I was like, 'I want to be white; I don't want to be this anymore.' But now I embrace it.