Toks Olagundoye Quotes

He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.

It's very important to me that people see I am an American and I was born in the States.

I grew up in L.A., but I was the only one in my family born there.

I know I'm British. I haven't spent much time in the U.K., but my parents are British, my family heritage is British, so if I wasn't British, what would I be? I am British.

I don't feel any connection to Russia.

I see myself as British, and I want to be celebrated by Britain.

My national identity is first American. My religious identity is first Muslim.

I'll never forget where I'm from, never forget my roots. It doesn't matter where I live. I'm English, simple as that.

I am the granddaughter of an English woman. I love England and her people and, regardless of politics, consider you to be family... and always will.

My surname Volkanovski comes from my father's side, so I have many Macedonian supporters and I really appreciate it.

I am the son of Punjab-da-puttar after all.

I would never repudiate the fact that I am an Irishman

I've always felt very proud of Wales and being Welsh. People are a bit surprised when I say I'm Welsh. I was born in Wales, went to school in Wales and my mother was Welsh. I'm Welsh. It's my place of birth, my country.

My maternal grandmother was Cantonese, so I'm a quarter Chinese and half Irish and a quarter Scottish and raised by English parents living in Scotland.

I've always had a complex relationship towards my identity as an American.

As I got older, my pops tried to keep me involved with the culture by telling me the stories of the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea, how he came to America, and about our family back home, because all that side of my family - my aunties, grandparents - is in Africa.

I'm full Hispanic.

People all over the world know me as an Indian artist. I could have chosen any other country and wouldn't have had to go through problems claiming my citizenship. But it is India where my heart is and has always been.

There's this great fashion among writers, especially those who follow the transnational conservatives like V.S. Naipaul, to disavow one's place in the world as a sort of box that has sprung you but is only worthy of your scorn, because it once contained you. And I've been tempted to say foolish things, like "I am an American writer" or "I belong nowhere," but the truth is I'm perfectly proud of identifying as an Indian writer, even if that might hurt my bottom line.

I'm an American; I'm not an African-American. I'm an American.

I feel very fortunate that I was raised in a multicultural family, and it came through food.

I am equally proud of my Serbian origin and my Croatian fatherland.

For I am my mother's daughter, and the drums of Africa still beat in my heart.

Orthodox Jews often ask you: "Are you an Israeli first, or a Jew?" I see no difference between the two. After all, I'm also simultaneously the son of my parents, the husband of my wife and the father of my children.

In order for a man to really understand himself he must be part of a nation; he must have some land of his own, a God of his own, a language of his own. Most of all he must have love and devotion for his own kind.