Marcela Valladolid Quotes

We even had a different word for Christmas in my language, Bengali: Baradin, which literally meant 'big day.'

I am the happiest Hispanic I've ever met. Truly.

I've lived 16, 17 years of my life in Asia, and that's most of my life. I was born in Asia - I've lived cultures that are synonymous with Asian culture - but it's still not Asian enough for some people.

I don't drink anymore for Cinco de Mayo. I celebrate with Mexican food, or as it's known in Mexico: 'food.'

I love singing our Christmas songs every chance we get. It's really cute.

One day I asked myself, 'What do I have to sell in this world?' And I realised, well, I only can sell what I have in my bag, and what I have in my bag is my past, and this is Cameroon. This is the raw material of my career.

I get a lot of disbelief that my accent could actually be real, which seems strange.

Being an Indian in the U.S. and growing up in the suburbs were the two things that really shaped my outlook.

One of the reasons I paint black people is because I am a black person.

Growing up in Mexico, I know what real Mexican food is - and isn't.

My whole British culture in growing up is still with me for sure. I'm very grateful for that.

Spanish is actually my first language, growing up, and I understand the culture. I understand the culture; I understand what the people want.

I discovered I was an Asian American when I arrived in the U.S. I didn't identify as that before I came here. People started calling me that, and I started being treated in a specific way.

In Mexico, I want to be known as the Aztec Warrior.

I have the Mexican blood. I'm proud to be Mexican.

I only lived in Sudan until I was four years, so I cannot really relate to that. It is just a different lifestyle.

I am a black woman, and my experiences would not be what they are if I wasn't. I'm so happy to share those experiences for other people to be able to learn from them.

South Africa is really diverse, with many cultures and 11 official languages, so there are lots of different Christmas traditions.

My mother is Jewish. We celebrated all the Jewish holidays at home.

Kids in school told me my parents had accents, but I had no idea; they've always sounded that way to me.

Growing up in Mexico, I have many fond memories of not only celebrating posadas with my family, but also of the time spent together menu planning and prepping for decoration and entertaining activities. A lot of work goes into celebrating these traditions, but that doesn't mean they have to cost a lot too.

There are great legends and great fighters in the history of Mexico, and there will be more to come.

The problems in the Russian novel are quite similar to the problems of Turkish nationalism and Turkish culture, which was something that I grew up thinking didn't affect me very much because my parents didn't really talk about it.

My family, my background... it just parallels really nicely with a lot of social and cultural movements.

What we had on was BBC Asian Network and Bollywood sound-tracks - they were my reference points. But of course, where I grew up, I was one of two Indian guys in my school, and I didn't really have anyone else to share that with.