Robert Morgan Quotes

The Clash will always be from London, and we will always be from New Jersey. But New Jersey doesn't create us.

Where I grew up in the North-east, the community there, and the way people relate to one another, goes very deep. But I don't define myself as a Northerner in that I don't live in the North.

Whether it's from the biggest, most powerful city, or from the dinkiest little podunk town, there is a certain attachment and connection, and yes, pride about where you came from.

I came back when I'd had a taste of other places and realized that I would never feel the same sense of connection to any place other than the Ozarks.

I'm proud to be from the North-East.

We are all proud to be British. But we also feel more local and regional allegiances.

If anybody asks me where I'm from, my first inclination is to say, 'Washington,' because that's where I grew up meaningfully.

If you ask me what am I, I might say 'I am a Californian,' and if George Bush were here, he would say 'I am a Texan.'

All things being equal, I think people would still prefer to do business with their hometown companies. That's true in America, that's true in China, that's true in Germany.

I'm proud of where I'm from. I'm proud of Long Island.

Derby born and bred, mate.

I still can't shake the Nebraska off of me.

I still think of myself as a Bostonian.

I'm from the 805, man. I don't have to talk about where I'm from, but I'm tough.

Since I belong to Chandigarh, I love coming to Punjab.

I always consider myself a Hyderabadi; my roots are here.

I've always been drawn back to the South, whether it's Southern California or in Florida, where I grew up, and I wanted to write a song about that.

I can't give up the allegiances I grew up with, given where I was born and where I grew up, but you won't see me at a Rutgers game rooting for somebody else. Let's put it that way.

I am a hardcore Bihari boy. I am born and brought up in Bihar, and for me, ethnicity is not a problem and is inbuilt in me.

It is remarkable how fast and how effectively you can construct a nationality with a flag , a few speeches, and a national anthem; to this day I avoid the label "Lebanese," preferring the less restrictive "Levantine" designation.

That's my tag, whether I like it or not.

You can't control the way people are going to describe you.

Somebody I love and have a huge amount of respect for once told me something that, to this day, I don't really think I understand. It was probably toward the end of Harry Potter, and they were talking to me about afterwards and that kind of stuff. And they were saying, "You need to think of yourself as a brand and you need to protect that brand." I just don't understand what that really means in terms of being an actor, and I also think I would find that a slightly soul-destroying way to look at myself.

Your take on things is what is either going to make you somebody people talk about or no.

There are a number of things that set Southern artists apart from anyone else. Their obsession with place and their obsession with family.