Luol Deng Quotes

Travel early and travel often. Live abroad, if you can. Understand cultures other than your own. As your understanding of other cultures increases, your understanding of yourself and your own culture will increase exponentially.

Going to another country you're not in your house, you're with people you've never met before, and I think it's definitely a good growing experience.

As an actor, you come in contact with so many different people and cultures. It makes you a more accepting person.

I enjoy it; my experiences abroad have taught me the importance of an open mind and have given me a willingness to wander off the beaten path - not only to keep life interesting, but also to understand in a meaningful way that things do not look the same from every vantage point.

I can empathise with different cultural expressions and am open to things that seem strange at first sight.

I understand different cultures because I have travelled a lot.

You know, the more you can meet people from different walks of life, the better it is for you. I think the more you can create situations and experiences that give you new perspective, the better.

Living in South Africa has had a very profound impact on my career.

I have a very broad range of life experiences.

The films I enjoy seeing are those that reveal lives I was unaware of... in different cultures or whatever.

I've never been in any country for more than four years, and I'm learning different languages all the time. It gives you a different attitude.

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

I was a lot more cultured than the other kids in my high school. Because I traveled, I understood different cultures and had a more worldly view. Most of the people I went to high school with had never been outside of California.

I got exposed to so many different cultures and people.

We travel to learn; and I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than we do it, think some thoughts better than we think, catch some inspiration from heights above our own.

Living gives you a better understanding of life. I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities. Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.

Foreign students add cultural value to their British peers, who need an international outlook.

I do think New York prepares you for the crossection of personalities and realities on display when you leave the country, and I'd live somewhere else if I had a reason or burning-the-the-point-of-discomfort desire to do so.

Learn to understand the culture of those that you wish to influence.

I am very, very proud I am also Turkish and both of my parents are from Turkey. I was born in Germany and grew up there. By playing football, I learned my different cultures, and that is an advantage if you grow up as a person. You get a different view on certain things. I am very, very thankful I was able to pick the best from many cultures.

Prior to getting into music, I interacted with, on a daily basis, about 5-10 percent of the people that I've interacted with since then. I've been meeting people from different backgrounds and different cultures. That did allow for a lot of change. I've changed as a product of that, but it's been positive.

I like to learn things from other cultures. I'm curious. It's exciting to be in an unknown world, in a way.

I was lucky to move around different cultures at an early age and have experience of different lifestyles.

The benefits of studying abroad are huge. You can pick up a new language, develop a love for another culture, and pick up new skills, hobbies and work experience to boost your CV.

We have an amazing job. We get to travel around the world and experience different cultures and just learn so many things.