America Quote by Padma Lakshmi

In Sweden, I went to an English school, where there was a mishmash of people from all over the world. Some were diplomatic kids…

— Joel Kinnaman

I come from a part of New York that was almost entirely immigrants. I was born in America, but all of my friends' parents,…

— Christopher Walken

When I think of my work, I'm aware that I'm American and African at all points and times. And without a doubt, my experience…

— Dinaw Mengestu

I said that my parents had come from India. They thought America was a place where people were treated equally, and their kids would…

— Neal Katyal

My parents are both immigrants, and we traveled a lot.

— Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

I moved to Queens, New York, when I was seven and a half. I went to middle school in a foreign country, but I…

— Min Jin Lee

I'm from multiple heritages and multiple cultures and I was raised as such as a person.

— Raye

I'm a first-generation American, so I had friends from several cultures while growing up, including Indian and Iranian friends.

— Michael Steger

Young people like myself have grown up in a country which embraces many cultures.

— Gavin Williamson

I'm a first-generation kid in this country. I so identify with America and its culture. I'm a citizen, I was born here. I'm American.…

— Hasan Minhaj

The America I was born and raised in intersected with people of all ethnicities and beliefs and that, coupled with my parents' instilling of…

— Sunny Jain

My parents were born and brought up in New York City. My father was trained as an electrical engineer, and my mother was an…

— David Lee