“Do you know the difference between an expat and an immigrant? You're an immigrant in a country you look up to, an… — Rabih Alameddine Copy Share Image
My father was a taxidermist, not a run-of-the-mill profession for a West Indian immigrant. Having given up on becoming a vet, he… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
That is a reward that humbles me: the fact that immigrants coming to America, much like I did, can come into a… — Do Won Chang Copy Share Image
As an immigrant, my wish is that we fix immigration. At Sequoia, we've backed a number of exceptional founders that were born… — Alfred Lin Copy Share Image
New York has been the subject of thousands of books. Every immigrant group has had its saga as has every epoch and… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
Women are the majority of immigrants yet the minority of immigrant employment visas; immigrant and native born women who work in the… — Christine Pelosi Copy Share Image
Being an immigrant myself, but feeling very American, and also being the child of immigrants, I understand the feeling of wanting a… — Milana Vayntrub Copy Share Image
I was the daughter of an immigrant, raised to feel that I needed to get excellent, flawless grades and a full scholarship… — Susan Choi Copy Share Image
It's true that immigrant novels have to do with people going from one country to another, but there isn't a single novel… — Oscar Hijuelos Copy Share Image
Comedy is still alive, and there are still funny people. Jews are still overrepresented in comedy and psychiatry and underrepresented in the… — Robert Klein Copy Share Image
I teach kids to read on a Saturday for this charity called Real Action. It's a voluntary school because lots of the… — Rachael Stirling Copy Share Image
I know as a nation we are stronger because of our immigrant tradition. — Brad Schneider Copy Share Image
One of the hard things coming from an immigrant family - or any family that doesn't believe in the arts - is… — Jimmy O. Yang Copy Share Image
We just need more complex, important roles that tell our experiences as an immigrant; as someone with an accent, but also American;… — Fala Chen Copy Share Image
I'm a big supporter of the military simply because I'm the daughter of a Polish immigrant who fled Europe during World War… — Cindy Morgan Copy Share Image
My mom was a secretary, which actually was very beneficial because I got to go to work with her and see lawyers,… — Ruben Gallego Copy Share Image
Really, the values under which my generation was raised in the '50s were immigrant values even though we weren't immigrants. The greatest… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
So I've got mates I've known since I was five years old. Their children know my children. There's something really lovely about… — Ainsley Harriott Copy Share Image
When I go to Colombia or Mexico, I speak Spanish. When I go to Italy, I speak Italian. When I'm in Germany,… — Trish Regan Copy Share Image
I was raised by extremely strict - but also extremely loving - Chinese immigrant parents, and I had the most wonderful childhood!… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
My grandfather was an undocumented immigrant. My great-grandmother, my bisabuela, carried him over the border in her arms. — Eric Garcetti Copy Share Image
To fully understand the black immigrant experience in the U.S., we must understand it not in contrast to the African-American experience, but… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
