Children Quote by Elizabeth McGovern

My children are English, and both of their mothers were English.

— Salman Rushdie

It's a bit odd to have a daughter who sounds American.

— David Thewlis

My upbringing is so fundamentally different to my parents'. It must be strange to look at your child who not only speaks with a…

— Stephen Mangan

To some Americans, there was no possible way I could naturally be the daughter of this white American; I had to be from someplace…

— Alex Wagner

My parents were both from extremely different backgrounds. My father's Italian, my mother was of Swedish descent. They're both first-generation Americans.

— Susan Lucci

My father was English. He date-raped my mother so she's hated English men ever since. You know my boyfriend's English, and I'm, uh, I'm…

— Jeaniene Frost

I'm completely Americanized - I have an American accent, an American wife - but a residue of me is foreign.

— Dinesh D'Souza

My parents raised my brother and me with two cultures, American and Spanish, and I feel a true sense of belonging to both.

— Hilaria Baldwin

When you're the foreigner and your kids are the natives, they realize you're clueless much sooner than they ordinarily would. I'm pretty sure mine…

— Pamela Druckerman

My grandmother was German. She didn't teach any of her children German. She really wanted them to be American. And now, she's since passed…

— Dakota Fanning

I am very much the daughter of immigrants. It's both a point of pride and an essential part of characterizing my upbringing. We spoke…

— Diana Taurasi

“There are significant differences among children who are becoming fluent in English that will influence how they learn English. These include the language spoken…

— Terry Marselle