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Anyone who comes out of Brazil at a young age and comes over to Europe has got to have a big heart and a big personality.

Being an immigrant gives you so much courage.

I was born in Costa Rica and we moved to America where it was a whole new world for me.

Living in Germany Africanised me.

I became more interested in the idea of being an immigrant and particularly of being in a country you're not familiar with. And so I began reading migrants' stories. The fact that my father is Chinese - he emigrated from Malaysia when he was about 20 - may have had some bearing on my attraction to the subject.

So you've got to test the envelope, find out what are your abilities and if you falter, pick yourself up and test it again. Otherwise, what is it all about, you know?

My dad, he believed in me. My first year was hard for me. I came to the States with myself, and no one came with me.

I wanted to do comedy because I left Malaysia and went to America. I got bitten by the Western, idealist, opinionated, democracy bug.

My father, when he arrived in this country found it difficult.

I think being an immigrant makes me overly optimistic.

Having a dream is what keeps you alive. Overcoming the challenges makes life worth living.

View the events you consider obstacles as perfect opportunities to test your resolve and find your purpose.

I've a long list of things I don't know how I've done, but I've done them. In the end, it's always about perseverance.

Life, like classical music, is full of difficult passages that are conquered as much through endurance and determination as through any particular skill.

I've often thought that when something is hard for you, whether it's going to law school or anything else that challenges you, that's probably what you should do.

Being a successful person is not necessarily defined by what you have achieved, but by what you have overcome.

I just look back on my season [2004] as a year where I've had to prove myself. I've had to fight all the way through to the end.

Some of my lowest points were the most exciting opportunities to push through to be a better person.

My identity is not based on performance; it's based on something that's pre-determined by someone else, and I don't even understand what that is because I'm an African who came to America.

Immigration was a huge force in changing my outlook. I moved to America 30 years ago. I had to reassess my beliefs, especially about women's roles.

Living in different cultures helped me work out who I was going to be, separate from where I came from.

Press on. Obstacles are seldom the same size tomorrow as they are today.

I came to New York in 1986. My father didn't think it was a good idea. I didn't know how I found it, but I went to Hunter College. I had no money and I couldn't speak English.

That's what I try to do each and every week is give my best effort and not give up, no matter what comes at us.

My family and I had to overcome a lot to get where we are today.