Quotes About Belonging

Like everything else in the league, you want to be wanted.

It is in nobody's interest that groups should find themselves excluded from society.

I do not feel an exile from America in any sense.

I love being from the States and having that pride. But at the same time, there is a lot of expectation.

We live in such an image-heavy world that not seeing yourself in that landscape can really make it tough to feel human, to feel like you are part of the world.

I love where I'm from. I love the landscape because it is so beautiful, and I also love the people of my community, the people whose stories I'm trying to tell.

When I got into languages, I needed to amass things to make myself more palatable or more acceptable as a human.

We also thought of ourselves in racial and largely ethnic terms.

One of the biggest motivators is to be part of something larger than yourself.

When I was an actor, I was part of a team, which I loved. You are a part inside something which is larger.

Being African didn't mean anything to me until later in my life.

Somebody told me once I wasn't Latin enough, and that made me laugh.

My whole life, I grew up with this double vision, this vision of America but also Latin community.

I think I'm an American writer writing about Latin America, and I'm a Latin American writer who happens to write in English.

'Latina' has become part of the Becky G family, and I feel very proud to say that.

Just because you are Latino does not mean you can't be global.

Everyone has a Latino inside them.

I don't think Latino; I think like me. If that happens to be Latino, then I guess that's me. But it doesn't affect my comedy in any way.

When we look at each other, we're the same family. You don't have to see black or Latino - we're one family. That's America.

At various points in my own life, I have been laughed at scathingly for calling myself black.

I don't look at myself as a leader. I do look at myself as part of a community.

If everyone can say, looking at Obama, that is he is one of us, is that not befitting for the leading country in the world?

I can't imagine leaving the theatre altogether. My dressing room has become a home from home.

I thought for a long time about leaving Albania, but at the same time to play a role in its life.