Vera Lynn Quotes

I've got nothing against America, but I went over there a couple of times and didn't really like it. I mean, not that I like England that much, but it's somewhere to live.

In a funny way, nothing makes you feel more like a native of your own country than to live where nearly everyone is not.

It's a strange one - I've been away for 20 years now; I've been away longer than I lived in Canada, but for some reason I remain wholly Canadian.

Well, my relationship to America at the time I left was very limited.

I do not feel an exile from America in any sense.

I can't live for more than four years outside of Canada. I'm Canadian, so ultimately that is my reference point.

Everyone, no doubt, remains first and foremost a man of his own country and continues to draw from it his motive force.

I came to Canada at a young age and I've been here for most of my life, so being able to play for this country is a really great experience and joy.

I love New York, and I love being here, but I think I'll always be Australian at heart.

The homeland affects you directly: it affects your body; it affects the collective mind and the collective heart and the collective spirit.

I am a Londoner and I love my home. There are many things about this country which drive me crazy, but when I am in America, I feel wrong there.

I don't have an anti-Hollywood feeling. It's just I'm a New Zealander. I was born in New Zealand, and it's where my house is, and my family goes to school there. My interest is to remain in my homeland and make films. I don't really want to relocate myself to other countries in the world to work.

I've never felt British. I'm just not interested in national identity. I don't know why.

I have a deep and passionate love of America. It is where I have always thought I would be happiest, and although I miss England desperately, I find that my heart definitely has its home over here.

I cannot live anywhere else except India.

Although I was always very happy in Britain, I never stopped thinking of America as home, in the fundamental sense of the term. It was where I came from, what I really understood, the base against which all else was measured.

I haven't become an American! Having a house in LA is just where the house is. It's just a convenience thing living there. I carry Wales around inside me. I'd consider moving back there one day. I never really left.

I know my own heart to be entirely English.

I've never stopped being Argentine, and I've never wanted to. I feel very proud of being Argentine, even though I left there. I've been clear about this since I was very young, and I never wanted to change.

I never wanted to change countries; it's something that is part of me.

If somebody knows me, they know for sure I'm from Poland because I'm playing for my country every tournament, every match. I'm staying in my hometown and my home country because that is where I feel comfortable. I feel good there.

I definitely feel Russian inside, even when I'm in America I feel Russian.

I'm an American citizen now, but I will always have Canadian pride.

For most of my life, the U.S. was never anything more than vacation memories.

Of course, our roots are in Germany, it always will be the feeling of home.