Lukasz Fabianski Quotes

I love being a foreigner.

I know that if I have come to Britain, I must adapt, and I will try to.

I was born in Canada, and then my dad played pro soccer in England and then also on an island off the coast of Portugal. So we lived there for, like, 10 years. And then we moved to Minnesota. So I feel like I've experienced a lot of different cultures, and I'm still figuring out who I am.

Toronto has been home to me and my family for almost 5 years. I arrived here from Italy in January 2015 and immediately felt something special.

Sure, it was difficult when I first came, but I am very happy to be here, in England.

I love working with newcomers.

I never thought I'd be comfortable living outside South Africa, but we love London. Our two kids were born here.

Being a foreigner is not a disease.

Once people come to Australia, they join the team.

America is remarkable, don't you think so? When I came to Washington, I was twelve years old. I spoke English with an English accent. It was assumed that it would go on in that way.

I like being a foreigner. For me, to live in California is very pleasant - I'm more comfortable not feeling a part of everything, not feeling responsible for the government or the roads or the health system.

We can make the United States a 'Hispanic Quebec' without much effort. The key is to celebrate diversity rather than unity.

There are rumors that we want to move back to the U.K., but we're so happy in America I actually can't see us ever leaving... People ask me how long it took to adapt. Twenty minutes.

In this country, it doesn't make any difference where you were born. It doesn't make any difference who your parents were. It doesn't make any difference if, like me, you couldn't even speak English until you were in your twenties.

In grade school I was taught that the United States is a melting pot. People from all over the world come here for freedom and to pursue a better life. They arrive with next to nothing, work incredibly hard, learn a new language and new customs, and in a generation they become an integral part of our amazing nation.

It's always overwhelming when you come to another country and you're embraced in such a positive way.

I've only been living in England for the last 10 years, if you don't count my student years.

IMMIGRANTS, NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT. Take It Or Leave It. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture…. We speak mainly ENGLISH, not Spanish, Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any other language. Therefore, if you wish to become part of our society. Learn the language! …. If you aren't happy here then LEAVE. We didn't force you to come here. You asked to be here. So accept the country YOU accepted.

Immigrants are changed by the greater society. Immigrants change the greater society.

London made my family and myself.

I consider myself Russian-American because I'm American by ethnicity and by passport, but I spent all my forming years over in the former Soviet Union in a Russian school. I never went to an American school. There was a lot of culture shock when I moved back to the States when I was 17.

Ever since I was little, when I moved to Canada, Canada has been my home.

I moved to London, and it's a cliche to say that London is a melting pot, but it's true - I didn't stand out anymore.

I've gotten used to being a foreigner.

I'm sort of half-Chilean at this point anyway, half-Argentine. This is where I have been living and working for a long time now.