Age Quote by Diane Guerrero Download Open image “I learned at a very young age that my parents were undocumented.” — Diane Guerrero ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Age Parenting Parents Undocumented Were Young Young age
My dad was undocumented for a period of time, my mom was also undocumented for a period of time. — Nico Santos Copy Share Image
I got here when I was 12, I found out I was undocumented when I was 16, I became a journalist when I was… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
My parents are immigrants to this country. They came to this country for a better opportunity just like everyone else. — Amine Copy Share Image
A lot of our family was undocumented. My mom and dad were both super conservative. My dad had a green card; my mom was… — Luis Alberto Urrea Copy Share Image
On my father's side, I'm descended from immigrants, one of whom was a Syrian refugee from the Armenian genocide, and my mother was an… — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
My parents immigrated to the United States with $10 in their pocket and a belief that the America they had heard about really did… — Mia Love Copy Share Image
When I was old enough, I was 21 years of age, I decided to come to America. I did it illegally, so I jumped… — Cesar Millan Copy Share Image
My parents instilled a lot of American values in me. They encouraged me to work hard and told me that anything was possible for… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
I so desperately wanted to fit in. There was a trajectory, and obviously, our society tells us that you go to high school, you… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
I am here, a citizen of this country, and I'm saying, 'Hey, the system failed me. I am a good citizen. I contribute to… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
I worked a variety of jobs in retail and at coffee shops all through high school. And, though I was surrounded by people who… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
I've experienced colorism in that way: where if you're lighter, then you'll potentially be accepted into society better than if you were darker-skinned. — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
Once I started advancing in my career, I stopped wanting to hide from my reality. — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
Every day, children who are U.S. citizens are separated from their families as a result of immigration policies that need fixing. — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
I think despite what we've seen on TV, people like seeing women and knowing about women's stories and their struggles and their truth. I… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
People like seeing people being human and real, and I think that's been lacking on TV. — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
I feel like you can't really be truthful as an artist and empathize with the human experience, unless you know your truth and you're… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
While awaiting deportation proceedings, my parents remained in detention near Boston, so I could visit them. They would have liked to fight deportation, but… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
I need a bath." He chuckled. "You smell of smoke, as do I." The duke turned, leaning heavily on his cane. "Jameson, open the… — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
It's easier to change a law than an age-old mentality. Deep down, many prejudices, many hostilities, many fears persist. But if we take a… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
When I first started writing, when I was 15, I would go to work with people and they would tell me my lyrics were… — Sabrina Claudio Copy Share Image
Real people speak in my books about the main events of the age, such as the war, the Chernobyl disaster, and the downfall of… — Svetlana Alexievich Copy Share Image
As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion. — Marion Jones Copy Share Image
If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
By making conscious choices in our behavior and where we focus our attention, we can transform our experience of our body, decrease our biological… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
I am just enjoying the dream of being Milan coach at the age of 40. — Gennaro Gattuso Copy Share Image
Age is an accumulation of life and loss. Adulthood is a series of lines crossed. — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
I calculated that if I live up to the age of 80, then I end up using 450 toothbrushes in my life. All that… — Dia Mirza Copy Share Image
Why is wisdom so fair? Why is beauty so wise? Because all else is temporary, while beauty and wisdom are the only real and… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
