Quotes About Identity

It was really great to be part of the Philip Roth story as a woman in a very complete way.

There I am, watching Philip Seymour Hoffman, one of my favourite actors in the world, walk into the room dressed up as Father Christmas, being hilarious, and I'm suddenly thinking, 'Where am I?'

Why do you keep calling me 'Billionaire Philip Anschutz?' My mother never called me 'Billionaire.'

Philippines, what an amazing honor it has been to carry your name across my chest and to embody you in all aspects.

I'm fascinated by the Philippines because I'm from here. I was born here. I'm a Filipino.

The Philippines is for the Philippines. We can defend ourselves.

I feel like I have adopted the Philippines as my second country.

Both my parents were born in the Philippines. My dad is full Filipino, but my mom looks a little mixed, and her mom's name is Estelita Coquico.

My first inkling of what the Commonwealth might really mean came only when I escaped the oddly British-tinged Asia I had known and went to live in the Philippines.

'Honor in the Dust' is less about the freedom of the Philippines than the soul of the United States.

My being in America and being adopted from the Philippines have given me motivation and drive as an artist.

The Philippines, it might be said, is a country in search of an identity.

My writing has been shaped by the three countries - Sri Lanka, the Philippines and England - I have lived in.

I'm from the Philippines and I moved to this country when I was 16.

Apl is very humble, but he's humongous in the Philippines.

Growing up in a brand-new country, coming from the Philippines, was hard. I was treated differently and felt like people thought less of me because I was Asian.

I actually quite miss being called Philippines because in the pageant it's normal for us to be called our country instead of our names. If somebody goes, 'Philippines!' I turn my head and I know that's me. Now they go 'Pia' or 'Miss Universe.' Of course that's better. But I also miss that, being called my country.

I love the Philippines. I feel like it's a huge part of me. It's my home.

Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society.

When people look at me, ask me, or say something to me, they know I'm Philly.

You can call me whatever. Philly Cheese. Bubble Cheese. Whatever.

I'm not from Philly - I'm from South Jersey, but we still consider that the Philly area.

Nothing has gotten me out of Philadelphia. I moved 20 minutes away from Philly. That's about it.

In 2001, I moved from Philly to Atlanta, where I lived for six years. I had never lived anywhere but Philly, and you can imagine the culture shock; the Civil War seeps into daily life and conversation down South in a way it never does up North.