Chelsea Clinton Quotes

I know somebody in every culture.

When I was growing up, Forest Park was full of integrated families. It was amazing. One my best friends was Vietnamese. Another one was half-Mexican, half-black. Another one was from Colombia. Another one was born in the U.S., but his mom was from Germany and spoke with a German accent. So we all had multiple identities.

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

Americans generally regard themselves as belonging to an exceptional nation. And in terms of living in a religiously tolerant and enormously diverse country, Americans can certainly take some justified pride.

People need to seek out some diversity in their life. One of my friends is a pig farmer in Michigan, and even she has black friends. She's in the middle of nowhere - the closest airport is, like, three hours away - and she manages to connect with black people.

I have many non-Maharastrian friends.

America is unique in the world. If you don't believe that, just ask someone from another country.

I'm not anti-American. I've lived with Kenny, a Texan, for six years.

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.

If Americans knew how to deal with other people, they could bring peace to the world. Alas, they have not learned enough yet. The true American feels that he is 100 percent welcome anywhere he goes.

You can call me whatever you want to call me, but I am an American. No one can take that away from me. No, no one can.

I consider myself a man of the world; I connect very strongly with Nigeria, but I see that the work exists all over the world, and I will go where the work is.

America is a mosaic not of groups but of individuals, each of whom carries a host of cultural influences, some chosen, some inherited, some absorbed by osmosis. That mosaic is held together by the pursuit of happiness, the most powerful mortar ever conceived. Left alone, it will long endure.

You're always more critical of your own country. People will talk about stuff in Britain, and I'll go: 'Aw, it's not that bad,' but at home, it's different. It's inside you.

Every relationship has its own language. It takes a long time to evolve and read one another. Just as it's true for people, it's also true on a national or cultural level.

A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.

I was friends with all different people and all different groups. And that led me to being friends with a few people who didn't even go to my school. Now I have the most amazing collection of friends of all ethnic backgrounds and upbringing and financial backgrounds.

People identify with me - everyone does - African American women, Caucasian women, they all identify with me because I'm ethnic.

Yet another thing Canadians and Europeans have in common is an obsession with the United States, and with distinguishing themselves from it, often by crude stereotyping.

I can represent my culture while helping not only the Chinese-American community, but also the community at large.

For, to be a stranger is naturally a very positive relation; it is a specific form of interaction.

He who never leaves his country is full of prejudices.

There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism.

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

Don't get me wrong - I'm a big fan of things American - but when American people do British stuff, it's so universally dreadful.