Quotes About Belonging

'Jurassic Park' doesn't belong to America; it belongs to the whole world.

I can't even go down to the park anymore back home in Newark, New Jersey because my homeboys won't let me play. They tell me I'm too big time, too Hollywood, so they won't let me play out there no more.

I feel like I lived my life in one of three places: at Indian Hill Park, at a Manasquan school or at the beach.

I would love to play an H Mart parking lot.

Dog parks are more cliquish than any other human gathering with the possible exception of seventh grade. Deal with it.

Conscious of not being able to separate myself from my time, I have decided to become part of it.

People assume that I'm an aristocrat, but I don't really feel part of any class.

Our citizens must feel they are part and parcel of this country. This is essential.

If you want to participate in life, you have to deny your identity.

I'm sure Putnam is right that there's been a decline in certain kinds of organizations like bowling leagues. But people participate in communities in other ways.

I wanted to participate in the political responsibilities of an American citizen. I wanted to vote. I wanted to be a full member of the American community. I made America my home country. It's my identity in many ways.

I ultimately do still feel like an outsider, and I do feel, actually, I'm more in the world of music because of how much I participate with musicians - in all aspects, not just clothes.

I don't think I'll ever escape the fact that I don't belong anywhere in particular. I've often dreamed about going back to Nigeria, but that's a very romantic notion. It's a hideous country to go to in reality.

We have been very conditioned by the cultures that we come from and are usually very identified with the particular gender that we happen to be a member of.

Being Irish was a big thing for me, particularly growing up in Chicago.

We're all just trying to fit in and find ourselves, particularly when we're growing up.

I grew up in a commune where no one considered me female, particularly.

I was always in show business but in many ways was not really of show business. I didn't move in show business circles, particularly, still don't do it.

I wasn't some weird loner in school, but I definitely wasn't invited to any of the cool parties.

When I go to parties, there's a moment when I think, 'I really don't belong here.'

I like to go to parties where I know everyone. How are you going to have fun with people you don't know?

In this case it appealed to me partly because it felt close to me in some ways. This is about a confused, bewildered middle class Englishman adrift in smalltown America and that has definitely been me.

Part of what our problem as blacks in America is that we don't claim that. Partly, you see, because of the linguistic environment in which we live.

I always felt a bit of a nerd, but my family gets me and my oddities. My kids and partner are way cooler than I am, but they let me in the room with them.