Brooklyn Quote by Sergino Dest Download Open image “My father is from Brooklyn, but we spoke Dutch at home.” — Sergino Dest ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Brooklyn Dutch Father Home Parenting Spoke
My mother was from upstate New York; she's of Irish and German descent. My father was from Ghana. — Vic Mensa Copy Share Image
I had a weird accent. Dutch people speak American English, and my parents were Jamaican, with their own broken English. — Stefflon Don Copy Share Image
“He ignored me at first. No words other than our first terse, “Hello,” passed between us until I ordered a drink from the flight… — Declan Rhodes Copy Share Image
My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet, blue-collar dude. — Ice T Copy Share Image
My husband is a Dutch television correspondent. He's not taking any job away from an American. Because I don't really think there are any… — Alexandra C. Pelosi Copy Share Image
My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a working man, a quiet, blue-collar… — Ice T Copy Share Image
I'm a Brooklyn boy. I was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised there, and spent most of my childhood there. — Robert Jay Lifton Copy Share Image
Dutch is our first language. When you talk to older people, you speak Dutch. It's more respectful. The local language, you talk with your… — Jairzinho Rozenstruik Copy Share Image
So I feel like if I'm with the best players, it's easier to develop myself to be honest. — Sergino Dest Copy Share Image
Actually, until a few years ago, my English was very poor. I wasn't thinking of my American roots at all, until I went to… — Sergino Dest Copy Share Image
The first couple days I didn't realize it that much, but when I look back, I'm just like, 'Wow, I play for Barcelona!' Because… — Sergino Dest Copy Share Image
The Premier League is good, but I don't know if it fits my style. It is very physical. — Sergino Dest Copy Share Image
We haven't achieved really big things yet with the U.S., so I think everybody wants to be the first one, and that's why everybody… — Sergino Dest Copy Share Image
We all want to win the World Cup, achieve great things, not only personally but also as a team for the U.S. — Sergino Dest Copy Share Image
In Dutch football you see a lot of individual quality, but in American football it's really about teamwork. That really appeals to me. — Sergino Dest Copy Share Image
I want to be the most expensive full-back ever because when you reach that it shows that you are one of the best full-back… — Sergino Dest Copy Share Image
I think that the Netherlands can learn a lot from the American team spirit. — Sergino Dest Copy Share Image
I don't feel the pressure, in the negative sense of the word. Yes in the positive sense. I am the first American to debut… — Sergino Dest Copy Share Image
Mike Tyson is the most complex person I've ever met in my life. I've known Mike since 1986. We're both from Brooklyn. I didn't… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
I love the little garden in the back of my family's brownstone in Brooklyn. Digging out there in the dirt is a joy for… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
Brooklyn, where I grew up, is a competitive burg - there's always a pretty boy around the corner there, and you gotta look better… — Theophilus London Copy Share Image
Coming from Haiti and growing up in Brooklyn, there's a lot of European influence when I get dressed up. I wear a lot of… — Wyclef Jean Copy Share Image
Brooklyn is not the easiest place to grow up in, although I wouldn't change that experience for anything. — Neil Diamond Copy Share Image
My childhood here... was very limited. So it was a long, long time before I actually went out to Brooklyn. — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
My father grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., with my grandparents. In Norwegian my name is pronounced 'Yoo' but my father used to call me… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
Comparing the Brooklyn that I know with Manhattan is like comparing a comfortable and complacent duenna to her more brilliant and neurotic sister. — Carson McCullers Copy Share Image
We wept, Brooklyn was a lovely place to hit. If you got a ball in the air, you had a chance to get it… — Duke Snider Copy Share Image
Bob Smith from Brooklyn is a guy who sometimes gets hung with problems and fears. Wolfman Jack is a happy-go-lucky guy who knows how… — Wolfman Jack Copy Share Image
