Foreign Living Quotes

I think it impossible, utterly impossible, for any Englishman to live here [in America], and be happy.

I was living in Paris for, like, a year and a half, and I couldn't speak French, so it was just hard to get a baguette or a pastry or whatever. All the stores close at 6 o'clock, and they're not very into hospitality, so it's not a convenient city. It's so pretty, though, but I was raised in Tokyo, so it was hard to understand.

In China, it was hard living as a young girl without my family. I had no idea what life was going to be like as a North Korean refugee. But I soon learned it's not only extremely difficult, it's also very dangerous, since North Korean refugees are considered in China as illegal migrants.

I always traveled. I left Cameroon when I was 11 years old. I lived in the USA, in Switzerland.

At 19, I went to live in the Philippines for three years as a U.S. Air Force 'dependent spouse.' I lived off-base in Angeles City and had to haul water for drinking and cooking.

I'd always felt like a Canadian living in the U.S.

I went to Japan and I lived there. I lived in Mexico for a year. I went to Europe. I lived in Canada.

I am an Australian citizen, and I miss my country a great deal.

I know my own deficiencies, one of which is that I had lived away from America for such a long time. It's called expatriate.