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title: "6 Came Immigrant Quotes by 5 authors"
description: "Browse 6 Came Immigrant quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Came Immigrant sayings and thoughts."
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> [As you know, I'm an immigrant. I came over here as an immigrant, and what gave me the opportunities, what made me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-schwarzenegger/as-you-know-i-m-an-immigrant-i-came-over-here-as-an-immigrant-and/)

[Arnold Schwarzenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-schwarzenegger/)

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> [I came here as an immigrant. We were poor. We went to flea markets to sell gifts to make ends meet. Just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-lieu/i-came-here-as-an-immigrant-we-were-poor-we-went-to-flea-markets-to/)

[Ted Lieu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-lieu/)

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> [ \[My father\] came over as an immigrant and didn't know any English. He went to work at a sweat shop in Baltimore.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/my-father-came-over-as-an-immigrant-and-didn-t-know-any-english-he/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [“Obinze said it was the exaggerated gratitude that came with immigrant insecurity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/obinze-said-it-was-the-exaggerated-gratitude-that-came-with-immigrant/)

[Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/)

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> [I came to the US as an immigrant and I recall vividly those first few years in California, the brief time we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/i-came-to-the-us-as-an-immigrant-and-i-recall-vividly-those-first-few/)

[Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/)

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> [“It was the exaggerated gratitude that came with immigrant insecurity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/it-was-the-exaggerated-gratitude-that-came-with-immigrant-insecurity/)

[Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/)

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