Joanna Coles Quotes

I can't tell you how many times I get into a taxicab in New York or Los Angeles, and I'm talking to somebody who is a recent immigrant who was a doctor or lawyer or engineer or professor in the country they just came from. They're starting over again in life, and I think the majority of people out there can relate to that.

The biggest change of my life was coming to America.

My family fled the Soviet Union when I was three and a half years old. Upon arriving in New York City in 1979, my father worked multiple jobs to support us, all the while learning English at night.

All I want to do is to go to America, get married and start a new life.

My father left Ireland because he did not want to muck horse manure for the rest of his life, and he wanted to come to New York.

I came to England in 1962 as a very young bride, in my teens, hoping just to stay two years and go back.

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.

America is the future. I am committed to the States. I'm guessing this is going to be a permanent move.

On my 7th birthday, in 1970, I left India and came to America: to this land of incredible opportunity.

In a way, I was born twice. I was born in 1934 and again in 1955 when I came to Pittsburgh. I am thankful to say that I lived two lives.

I came to this country when I was 12 years old because my parents wanted to give me new opportunities to succeed. President Obama wants everyone to have the chances I had.

It was an honor and privilege to arrive to this country 16 years ago with almost no money in my pocket. A lot has happened since then.

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

I never thought that I would come to live in the United States. I was not pursuing the American dream.

I came to the States when I was ten, and that was, in many ways, very hard.

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

It was actually nice to get a fresh, clean slate when I came to America.

I came to America to make it my home, and I did.

My dad is an ob-gyn - he's retired now - and he wanted to come to the States to make a better life, for opportunity. My mom said that, on the plane ride here, I did not want to speak a word of English - I spoke Tagalog. And then, after the first day of school, I didn't want to speak anything but English.

Certainly coming to America has been extraordinary.

I moved away when I was young, when I was about 19. I'd literally come from an area with dirt roads and stuff like that, right to the centre of a city of about five million people. It's been great. I'm based in New York, and every day, it's amazing.

My life changed incredibly when I moved from Holland to England.

When I first arrived in America, the very first place I came was California, and I rented a house in Trance, which is about half an hour from Malibu.

When I was old enough, I was 21 years of age, I decided to come to America. I did it illegally, so I jumped the border. I didn't speak any English.

I went by myself to Hollywood, I spoke no English, every day I had to go to school.