Juan Diego Florez Quotes

I'd imagine if there were more Scottish people making Scottish movies about Scotland, it would not only be educational, but it would instill a sense of pride.

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.

So many times I've encountered people who are just kind of like, 'Yeah, Nigeria,' and, you know, thump their chest and seem very sure of, like, being Nigerian. And I'm just kind of, like, I wish I could be that sure.

The beginning of Canadian cultural nationalism was not 'Am I really that oppressed?' but 'Am I really that boring?'

I carry the flag of Ireland all the time. I want to represent my country.

I know I'm representing the Library of Congress, all the people of the United States and, of course, the Latinos and Latinas as well.

If you're famous, you suck, just for being famous. People in England totally get that; Americans don't.

Russia, France, Germany and China. They revere their writers. America is still a frontier country that almost shudders at the idea of creative expression.

I had so much backlash because, before in NXT, I used to come out with the Bulgarian national anthem. And people were like, 'Oh, why are you embarrassing the anthem?' How am I embarrassing the anthem? I'm from the freaking country.

Americans and French are notoriously monolingual, especially earlier generations. Language is a sense of pride in both cultures. I think that the French and Americans are like brothers or sisters who are so similar that they irritate one another.

A flag translates into everything, from tacky souvenirs to the names of organizations and the way that flags function.

I think it's amazing that I can go out there and be myself, and the fact that I'm carrying Puerto Rico on my back a little bit is such an honor.

There's just something about being English. When you travel the world you feel more grateful.

Let the one fight for his flag, and the other for his ideal, and let them both imagine that they are fighting for the country; the strife will be colossal.

The English, a spirited nation, claim the empire of the sea; the French, a calmer nation, claim that of the air.

You don't defend national sovereignty with flags, cheap election rhetoric, and advertising campaigns.

If Germany, my beloved fatherland, of whom you know I am proud, will not accept me, then must I, in the name of God, again make France or England richer by one capable German - and to the shame of the German nation.

A national spirit is necessary for national existence. A flag is a material aid to the development of such a spirit.

I have full faith in my people that they will rise to every occasion worthy of our past Islamic history, glory and traditions.

Not another flag has such an errand, carrying everywhere, the world around, such hope for freedom such glorious tidings.

Diversity means, when the left teaches it, the people responsible for building America and maintaining it get the short end of the stick from now on. With this singular American culture that people came and wanted to be part of, they were proud, couldn't wait to become Americans, tears in their eyes when it happened. It was a special place. Defending it now, defending that America, defending our cultural, defending our founding, defending all of the things that made this country great is now called racism or xenophobia or hate.

My love of the British is equal to that of my own people.

In Germany, a certain artistic sense is fairly common, but the artist's sense is foreign there.

And if that child should ever get the chance to travel the world and someone should ask her where is she from, we believe that she should always be able to hold her head high with pride in her voice when she answers, "I am an American." That is the course we seek. That is the change we are calling for.

I have carried my Jamaican Flag with pride around the world to share my culture and experience with others because I seek Balance which is what I believe life is all about.