Daniel Alarcon Quotes

When you move from a different country, it takes a while to make friends. I found myself being lonely a lot at first. In New Delhi, I had all my family. But Portland is one of those cities you can immerse yourself in and feel comfortable. People are so friendly.

As an immigrant, I learned by watching other people.

As a young boy in a new country, you had to make new friends, and that was really difficult.

Moving to India was challenging being a foreigner. I don't have any family here. I didn't have anyone to guide me. But I never felt for a second that I am not welcome here.

It's been a bit of a struggle getting used to life in the States, adapting to a new lifestyle.

I've grown up a lot in England since I arrived at Stoke.

Coming to Germany is not easy. People might think it's easy because I'm doing so well, but it's not at all.

I lived in South Africa until I was 11 when we first immigrated. My mom had sent me back there when I was 14 for summer vacation. I wasn't doing very well in school, my grades were slipping. I called my mom one day and told her that I wasn't coming back. I ended up staying there until I was 17 before coming back to North America.

My mother is American. I first went to school in America, and we came back when I was about six to rural Norfolk. In primary school, I was teased immediately and mercilessly. I probably dropped that accent within about 10 days.

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

Moving to a new country is always difficult, but the fact my dad and my sister came to live with me was a huge help. That made things easier.

I was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and I moved to Anderson, Indiana, in 2003 to go to school. I finished high school in America, then I went to college.

Latinas who come to the U.S. should adapt, learn English and become a part of the community.

It's always overwhelming when you come to another country and you're embraced in such a positive way.

We moved to Australia for two years though and that was a little bit tough trying to fit in.

I spent the first five years of my life in Punjab, India, and then moved to New York.

I've only been living in England for the last 10 years, if you don't count my student years.

My whole family has been having trouble with immigrants ever since we came to this country.

There was no question of the racial superiority of northwestern Europeans or of the racial inferiority of southeastern Europeans. It was simply a question as to which of these two groups of aliens is, as a whole, best fitted by tradition, political background, customs, education, and habits of thought to adjust itself to American institutions and to American social and economic conditions--to become, in short, an adaptable, homogeneous and helpful element in American national life.

I hear from non-Afghan immigrants - Africans, Indians, Pakistanis, Arabs in France - all the time. These people have had to redefine their lives, which is what my family went through when we came to the U.S. in 1980.

I was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to the United States with my family when I was 4. I spent most of my childhood in Chicago. My elementary school had no program in English as a second language, so I was placed in a class for students with speech impediments.

I was born in Egypt, and my family moved to London when I was seven. I grew up mostly in Clapham, where I also went to school after a brief stint in Whitechapel.

I - my experience was really no different from any other immigrant that came to this country. It was rough.

The first time I came here to the U.S. to start a career, it was in 2002 or 2003. Since then, it's been so, so hard.

The first few months in a new country are always really hard.