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title: "21 South Asian Quotes by 20 authors"
description: "Browse 21 South Asian quotes by 20 authors. Discover the best South Asian sayings and thoughts."
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> [I'm a South Asian female that talks about relationships and periods and dating and all these things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilly-singh/i-m-a-south-asian-female-that-talks-about-relationships-and-periods/)

[Lilly Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilly-singh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc9/lilly-singh-2866_asian_i-m-a-south-asian-female-that-talks-abou_2723705.jpg)

> [I went to a school that was probably 85 per cent South Asian and we knew nothing about our past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/asim-chaudhry/i-went-to-a-school-that-was-probably-85-per-cent-south-asian-and-we/)

[Asim Chaudhry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/asim-chaudhry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/471/asim-chaudhry-27853_about_i-went-to-a-school-that-was-probably-85_1303906.jpg)

> [Growing up as a South Asian-American, I didn't have any female role models.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/payal-kadakia/growing-up-as-a-south-asian-american-i-didn-t-have-any-female-role/)

[Payal Kadakia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/payal-kadakia/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/205/payal-kadakia-6532_asian_growing-up-as-a-south-asian-american-i-d_2893955.jpg)

> [The significance of playing a South Asian character that's a lead role in a network primetime television show is certainly not lost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tiya-sircar/the-significance-of-playing-a-south-asian-character-that-s-a-lead/)

[Tiya Sircar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tiya-sircar/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d5/tiya-sircar-22322_asian_the-significance-of-playing-a-south-asia_823024.jpg)

> [“Miracle means; when a South Asian Woman does not turn into an elephant after marriage.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-moonzajer/miracle-means-when-a-south-asian-woman-does-not-turn-into-an-elephant/)

[M.F. Moonzajer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-moonzajer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/565/m-f-moonzajer-244_marriage_miracle-means-when-a-south-asian-woman-d_1061918.jpg)

> [I moved from Australia to Manhattan five years ago and realized I was very well-accepted in the South Asian industry there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shibani-dandekar/i-moved-from-australia-to-manhattan-five-years-ago-and-realized-i-was/)

[Shibani Dandekar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shibani-dandekar/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/425/shibani-dandekar-7993_asian_i-moved-from-australia-to-manhattan-five_810497.jpg)

> [I'm the first South Asian woman to be elected to the House of Representatives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pramila-jayapal/i-m-the-first-south-asian-woman-to-be-elected-to-the-house-of/)

[Pramila Jayapal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pramila-jayapal/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ac/pramila-jayapal-5245_asian_i-m-the-first-south-asian-woman-to-be-el_1308041.jpg)

> [Pakistan is the first South Asian country to sign a free trade agreement and currency swap agreement with China.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-keqiang/pakistan-is-the-first-south-asian-country-to-sign-a-free-trade/)

[Li Keqiang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-keqiang/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a7/li-keqiang-10827_agreement_pakistan-is-the-first-south-asian-countr_727697.jpg)

> [My family was one of the few South Asian families in my community in Illinois. Growing up in the '80s, I remember…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reshma-saujani/my-family-was-one-of-the-few-south-asian-families-in-my-community-in/)

[Reshma Saujani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reshma-saujani/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbc/reshma-saujani-8101_community_my-family-was-one-of-the-few-south-asian_1911752.jpg)

> [Yeah, I didn't ever think about music as a career. Like, it was never - it's just something like an extracurricular activity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vidya-vox/yeah-i-didn-t-ever-think-about-music-as-a-career-like-it-was-never-it/)

[Vidya Vox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vidya-vox/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78e/vidya-vox-11171_career_yeah-i-didn-t-ever-think-about-music-as_439688.jpg)

> [In America, people think being South Asian is still kind of exotic. When you go outside New York and Chicago and L.A.,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aasif-mandvi/in-america-people-think-being-south-asian-is-still-kind-of-exotic/)

[Aasif Mandvi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aasif-mandvi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce6/aasif-mandvi-10345_america_in-america-people-think-being-south-asia_152834.png)

> [Our first and main focus will continue to be producing content for a huge domestic market and the second largest migrant population…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronnie-screwvala/our-first-and-main-focus-will-continue-to-be-producing-content-for-a/)

[Ronnie Screwvala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronnie-screwvala/)

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> [People lament that there's no roles being written for South Asian or Muslim characters. But their parents don't want their children to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aasif-mandvi/people-lament-that-there-s-no-roles-being-written-for-south-asian-or/)

[Aasif Mandvi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aasif-mandvi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd2/aasif-mandvi-10345_asian_people-lament-that-there-s-no-roles-bein_1137620.png)

> [When it comes to period stuff, I think it's great to see South-Asian actors get their foot in the door there, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/himesh-patel/when-it-comes-to-period-stuff-i-think-it-s-great-to-see-south-asian/)

[Himesh Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/himesh-patel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/105/himesh-patel-26412_door_when-it-comes-to-period-stuff-i-think-it_1302615.jpg)

> [When I was in school, you never saw anyone who looked like us that was on TV. And that was really weird…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/priyanka-chopra/when-i-was-in-school-you-never-saw-anyone-who-looked-like-us-that-was/)

[Priyanka Chopra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/priyanka-chopra/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/786/priyanka-chopra-2235_america_when-i-was-in-school-you-never-saw-anyon_102555.jpg)

> [The trauma of South Asian people escapes the confines of our own times. We're not just healing from what's been inflicted onto…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupi-kaur/the-trauma-of-south-asian-people-escapes-the-confines-of-our-own/)

[Rupi Kaur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupi-kaur/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ca/rupi-kaur-909_children_the-trauma-of-south-asian-people-escapes_2443364.jpg)

> [People are always asking me if the industry is changing, and my answer is always that it is changing only as much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarita-choudhury/people-are-always-asking-me-if-the-industry-is-changing-and-my-answer/)

[Sarita Choudhury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarita-choudhury/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b2/sarita-choudhury-12654_complain_people-are-always-asking-me-if-the-indus_3005040.jpg)

> [I notice that Indians love to tweet about each other - will be like, yeah, go India, we're awesome, Indians are awesome,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vijay-iyer/i-notice-that-indians-love-to-tweet-about-each-other-will-be-like/)

[Vijay Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vijay-iyer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e7/vijay-iyer-15503_community_i-notice-that-indians-love-to-tweet-abou_2220427.jpg)

> [“...the fact that Urdu was spoken by taxicab drivers; the presence, only two blocks from my East Village apartment, of a samosa-…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/the-fact-that-urdu-was-spoken-by-taxicab-drivers-the-presence-only/)

[Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d8/mohsin-hamid-798_citizens-of-the-worl_the-fact-that-urdu-was-spoken-by-taxicab_1211027.jpg)

> [“As the conference continued it occurred to me finally that it wasn't really about Indian history as it was written, but really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanuja-desai-hidier/as-the-conference-continued-it-occurred-to-me-finally-that-it-wasn-t/)

[Tanuja Desai Hidier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanuja-desai-hidier/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99f/tanuja-desai-hidier-39721_history_as-the-conference-continued-it-occurred_920952.jpg)

> [The future for us is the foreseeable future. The South Asian, however, feels that it is perfectly realistic to think of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-t-hall/the-future-for-us-is-the-foreseeable-future-the-south-asian-however/)

[Edward T. Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-t-hall/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/edward-t-hall-19336_asian_the-future-for-us-is-the-foreseeable-fut_176285.jpg)

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