Nuno Espirito Santo Quotes

It is not easy to arrive in a different country and adapt quickly, but I think I'm getting there, and I'm proud of that.

I came to this country when I was 13 years old, I couldn't really speak English, and I had an accent.

IMMIGRANTS, NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT. Take It Or Leave It. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture…. We speak mainly ENGLISH, not Spanish, Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any other language. Therefore, if you wish to become part of our society. Learn the language! …. If you aren't happy here then LEAVE. We didn't force you to come here. You asked to be here. So accept the country YOU accepted.

Immigrants are changed by the greater society. Immigrants change the greater society.

It's hard when you are trying to ingratiate yourself in a completely foreign world. It takes a long time.

As an immigrant, I learned by watching other people.

I've gotten used to being a foreigner.

It's hard enough being American and trying to make it in an American world, but being Australian, you're from a whole different country and have a whole different way of doing things.

It's not easy for a foreigner to come to England and win the respect of your team-mates, of the fans, and of the English people.

I arrived in the U.S.A. in 1935, to San Francisco. I got the boat from China, and I didn't even speak English. I could read a little, perhaps write a little, but that was all. It was a 17-day journey, and I learnt to speak English from the stewards.

I was six when we came to this country. When I was 14 or so, I still had a lot of trouble with it.

My grandfather came over from Puerto Rico and raised his kids speaking English so that it would be easier for them to assimilate.

What is Americanization? It manifests itself, in a superficial way, when the immigrant adopts the clothes, the manners and the customs generally prevailing here. Far more important is the manifestation presented when he substitutes for his mother tongue the English language as the common medium of speech.

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.

America is remarkable, don't you think so? When I came to Washington, I was twelve years old. I spoke English with an English accent. It was assumed that it would go on in that way.

Most previous immigrants came to the United States to become Americans, with no intention of returning home. They relinquished their ties with their homeland. English was their key to prosperity, and they worked hard to master it.

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

Anyone that has come to America past the age of eighteen will be able to understand when I say that you can never shake your accent.

In grade school I was taught that the United States is a melting pot. People from all over the world come here for freedom and to pursue a better life. They arrive with next to nothing, work incredibly hard, learn a new language and new customs, and in a generation they become an integral part of our amazing nation.

As to other foreigners it is thought better to discourage their settling together in large masses, wherein, as in our German settlements, they preserve for a long time their own languages, habits, and principles of government, and that they should distribute themselves sparsely among the natives for quicker amalgamation.

Immigrants to the United States usually arrive with a willingness to fit into their new country and reshape their identities accordingly.

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

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

I'm always a big advocate for adapting to your new team, your new country and your new team-mates.

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