Diaspora Quotes

25 Diaspora quotes by 24 unique authors

Whereas our common past, out of Africa, saw a global diaspora of humankind, our common future depends on a global coming together and consensus, resulting… — Bob Brown
Even today I am willing to volunteer to do the dirty work for Israel, to have everyone hate us, to pull the rug from underneath… — Ariel Sharon
Through centuries of struggle, Jews across the world have been witnesses not only against the crimes of men, but for faith in God, and God… — George W. Bush
It's time for Haitians to have access to health care. It's time to open our borders to the Haitian diaspora, open our markets to the… — Michel Martelly
I consider that all Jews in the Diaspora, and thus it is true in France, should everywhere they can lend their support to Israel. This… — Dominique Strauss-Kahn
If we didn't have the Albanian entrepreneurial spirit and financial support from the diaspora, this stupid political class would have destroyed the country by now. — Fatos Nano
Eliminate the Diaspora, or the Diaspora will surely eliminate you. — Ze'ev Jabotinsky
Diaspora starts about a thousand years from now. Most of human civilisation has moved inside computers; essentially, a major branch of our descendants consists of… — Greg Egan
Lawrence Hill, a cultural and spiritual descendant of West African griots, has used his vast storytelling talents to create an epic story that spans three… — Unknown Author
Through a historical catastrophe - the destruction of Jerusalem by the emperor of Rome - I was born in one of the cities in the… — Shmuel Yosef Agnon
An impressively researched and documented collection of the finest thought produced by writers throughout the African Diaspora. A magnificent achievement. — Henry Louis Gates
I am proud of being a Greek of the diaspora. — George Papandreou
I'm working on a nonfiction book on Nepal and a novel about diasporas. — Louise Brown
The Indian diaspora is a wonderful place to write from, and I am lucky to be part of it. — Kiran Desai
The time has come to end the suffering and the plight of millions of Palestine refugees in the homeland and the Diaspora, to end their… — Mahmoud Abbas
All the fabulous and fearless writers gathered here, whether they are living in Manila, the US, or elsewhere in the ever-growing Philippine diaspora, have a… — Jessica Hagedorn
I mean in the community that I grew up in, you know, a very, you know, mixed, almost entirely African Diaspora community, one of the… — Junot Diaz
Certainly, historically, there has been more attention given in the international media to Indian English-language writers than to Pakistani English-language writers. But that, in my… — Mohsin Hamid
Like many of my friends in the Pakistani diaspora - and many of my friends in Pakistan itself, for that matter - I have sometimes… — Mohsin Hamid
Look, we have existed for 4,000 years - 2,000 years in diaspora, in exile. Nobody in the Middle East speaks their original language but Israel.… — Shimon Peres
Commerce is a noble profession, and Jews should get over any self-hatred they might harbor from contemplating the capitalist spirit of diaspora Judaism. — Steven Pinker
I understand now my father really thought he was doing me good. Education means a lot to Palestinians. We’ve become some of the most educated… — Suheir Hammad
Mythopoeia has taken off in the Indian diaspora because there has been a change in readership from a mature audience to a younger one. This… — Ashwin Sanghi
My identity has always been confused. Born in Edinburgh of a Scottish/Russian/Jewish mother and an English/Irish/Catholic father, there is no form of guilt to which… — Sara Sheridan
The Indian community in the U.K. has a unique place in our diaspora. U.K. is the first country which has an Indian community truly representative… — Preneet Kaur

Who Wrote These Diaspora Quotes

24 authors contributed a total of 25 Diaspora Quotes as follows: