Graham Potter Quotes

Going to another country you're not in your house, you're with people you've never met before, and I think it's definitely a good growing experience.

My first experience out of my country was Ecuador. That was a very good option for me. To know how you can develop your coaching style or your personality being away and being alone, that is not easy.

I actually love the challenge of being in a new place where I'm so obviously the foreigner.

A part of growing up in this international world is understanding and being prepared and having tools to adapt outside of the small environment that you may have come from. That's what education is all about.

I've seen a lot and experienced so many different cultures, and that's helped me a lot in my career and helped me mature as a person.

People have asked me about what it's like to work in Pakistan and abroad. It's such a healthy cultural exchange.

As I can testify, living in a foreign country takes you way out of your comfort zone. It's the little things, like ordering food in a different language, buying petrol or learning to drive on the other side of the road, but they all add up to making you a more rounded, educated person.

I think reading and travelling not only make us good artistes but also broaden our horizons and open our mind. It really helps us to become a good human being.

According to the law of custom, and perhaps of reason, foreign travel completes the education of an English gentleman.

I find it very beautiful to work in different countries because I see the mentality differences there. It is so rich, one always carries forward something.

Amherst was pivotal in my broad intellectual development; MIT in my development as a professional economist.

I finished my high school. I think an educate is very, very important.

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

Living gives you a better understanding of life. I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities. Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.

I do think New York prepares you for the crossection of personalities and realities on display when you leave the country, and I'd live somewhere else if I had a reason or burning-the-the-point-of-discomfort desire to do so.

Travelling childhoods are a common theme among actors. Army kids, embassy kids, travelling salesmen, clergy. Thing is, you learn about behaviour, that different places are separated by behaviours which are culturally driven.

I have become more radical because I have seen more of the world.

College gave me validation: I gained a lot of confidence, just from once or twice saying something in class and the professor saying, 'Great idea.' That experience has certainly helped me say to a director, 'Actually, I think my idea is at least worth talking about.'

I am very, very proud I am also Turkish and both of my parents are from Turkey. I was born in Germany and grew up there. By playing football, I learned my different cultures, and that is an advantage if you grow up as a person. You get a different view on certain things. I am very, very thankful I was able to pick the best from many cultures.

I enjoy it; my experiences abroad have taught me the importance of an open mind and have given me a willingness to wander off the beaten path - not only to keep life interesting, but also to understand in a meaningful way that things do not look the same from every vantage point.

I didn't realize how interesting the place I come from is until I left home and saw how other cultures handled things differently.

I want to broaden my horizons, speak a new language, meet new people, and experience a different culture.

The benefits of studying abroad are huge. You can pick up a new language, develop a love for another culture, and pick up new skills, hobbies and work experience to boost your CV.

A Princeton education sets you up for life: you have learned how to learn, and at a time when technology has changed everything, you will constantly have to learn.

Being at Stanford really opens your eyes to the world that's out there.