American Quote by Halima Aden Download Open image “I mix things from my Somali culture and my American side.” — Halima Aden ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare American Culture Side Somali Things
When people put labels on us, it doesn't always enclose everything that we are. So even though I'm proud to be Somali, I'm proud… — Halima Aden Copy Share Image
To the Somali, the Amerikaan is weird, to the American GI, the Somali is an ingrate and a skinny. — Nuruddin Farah Copy Share Image
What I always emphasize is that I am a representative who happens to be Somali. — Ilhan Omar Copy Share Image
All my life, I have juggled two cultures: Senegalese and French. — Maimouna Doucoure Copy Share Image
My dad's from Zimbabwe, and my mom is Danish, Irish, and Norwegian, so I have influences from a lot of different places. — Tinashe Copy Share Image
I, being bilingual and bicultural, am as American as apple pie and rice and beans. — Miguel Cardona Copy Share Image
I'm half Moroccan and half Indian so I have quite an adventurous taste in food. — Laila Rouass Copy Share Image
I've got tremendous respect for different cultures, for the food and everything. — Ian Rush Copy Share Image
I'm black and Cuban, Australian and Irish, and like most people in America, I'm someone whose roots come from somewhere else. I'm a mixed… — Soledad O'Brien Copy Share Image
I'm half Arabic, but I am one hundred percent American. What is going on affects me the same as everyone else. — Shannon Elizabeth Copy Share Image
A lot of people had a misconception that I would be the perfect poster child for Islam. So I got a lot of Instagram… — Halima Aden Copy Share Image
A lot of people will look at you and will fail to see your beauty because you're covered up and they're not used to… — Halima Aden Copy Share Image
I love speaking at schools. That's always my favorite because I wish I'd had someone who was like me come speak at my school. — Halima Aden Copy Share Image
I love Somali foods like canjeero, a pancakelike bread; same for pizza, burgers, and sushi. — Halima Aden Copy Share Image
Moving to the U.S. was an adjustment. I noticed that the kids played in groups. Back in Kakuma, everyone played together. — Halima Aden Copy Share Image
I feel bad for my little cousins who don't see themselves being represented, or the little girls in my community who won't have a… — Halima Aden Copy Share Image
When people put labels on us, it doesn't always enclose everything that we are. So even though I'm proud to be Somali, I'm proud… — Halima Aden Copy Share Image
If you think people are against you and that you're a target, things will start appearing that way. I just go about my day,… — Halima Aden Copy Share Image
If there's one message I want people to take away is never compromise being your authentic self. Even if that means making others uncomfortable. — Halima Aden Copy Share Image
Product-wise, I use a morning and night cleanser. I'm really not a brand person. — Halima Aden Copy Share Image
Back in high school, I didn't ever see a Muslim homecoming king or queen - there was never even anyone nominated. It just seemed… — Halima Aden Copy Share Image
I wasn't attracted to American cinema, but I fell in love with Los Angeles the minute I arrived. — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
William Maxwell's my favorite North American writer, I think. And an Irish writer who used to write for 'The New Yorker' called Maeve Brennan,… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
I have fallen in love with American names, the sharp names that never get fat. — Stephen Vincent Benet Copy Share Image
I really like a lot of American country stuff, so my music has that influence, but I don't like to be set within a… — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
I certainly don't think that the heirs of the American Revolution were a particularly noble class. — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act in a tremendous investment to support millions of workers without a paycheck and behind on bills. — Jake Auchincloss Copy Share Image
Small businesses are the backbone of the American economy and employ almost half of the working population. Yet because of their size, they rarely… — Dan Lipinski Copy Share Image
Although I write in English, and despite the fact that I'm from America, I consider myself an Armenian writer. The words I use are… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
When we first sold the Wallace and Gromit shorts to America, people suggested we get rid of the strange British accents and put clear… — Nick Park Copy Share Image
France has not only built a bureaucratic barrier against American culture, it has constructed a notorious intellectual case against it as well. The French… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
New York and San Francisco are distinctly different. San Francisco is driving the American media, not New York. You have young, microwaved millionaires and… — Jason Whitlock Copy Share Image
