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In Britain, you never get away from the fact that you're a foreigner. In the U.S., the view is it doesn't matter where you come from.

~Aasif Mandvi

Topics: Away Britain Come Fact Foreigner Get Matter Never View Where You

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I've moved around so much my whole life, and I've gotten so used to being the Other in situations - the foreigner, the outsider. The first time I've ever felt like there was no separation between me and the other elements was in music.

~Abigail Washburn

Topics: Around Being Between Elements Ever Felt First First Time Foreigner Gotten Life Like Me Moved Much Music Other Outsider Separation Situations Time Used Whole

Keywords: Abba


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In China, I realized that if you visit often enough and learn the language, you will be assimilated, but you'll still be kept at arm's length; you'll always be looked on as a foreigner.

~Abigail Washburn

Topics: Always Arm China Enough Foreigner Kept Language Learn Length Looked Often Realized Still Visit Will You

Keywords: Abba


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Marie Curie is my hero. Few people have accomplished something so rare - changing science. And as hard as that is, she had to do it against the tide of the culture at the time - the prejudice against her as a foreigner, because she was born in Poland and worked in France. And the prejudice against her as a woman.

~Alan Alda

Topics: Accomplished Against Because Born Changing Culture Few Few People Foreigner France Had Hard Her Hero Marie People Poland Prejudice Rare Science She Something Tide Time Woman Worked

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Being a foreigner is not a disease.

~Alden Nowlan

Topics: Being Disease Foreigner

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A poor man is like a foreigner in his own country.

~Ali Ibn Abi Talib

Topics: Country Foreigner His Like Man Own Poor Poor Man

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In 2007, I went straight from Tokyo to Iowa to join Hillary Clinton's traveling press. I felt like a foreigner there, too. I remember thinking, 'Americans are huge.'

~Amy Chozick

Topics: American Clinton Felt Foreigner Hillary Huge Iowa Join Like Press Remember Straight Thinking Tokyo Too Traveling I Remember

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I certainly feel injustice. I'm no foreigner to that, whether it's real or perceived.

~Brad Pitt

Topics: Certainly Feel Foreigner Injustice Perceived Real Whether

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There's been this argument about Coldplay stealing this melody from Joe Satriani, but, if you listen to it, it's mine! It's the 'Foreigner Suite,' it is!

~Cat Stevens

Topics: About Argument Been Coldplay Foreigner Joe Listen Melody Mine Stealing Suite You

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There is nothing less to our credit than our neglect of the foreigner and his children, unless it be the arrogance most of us betray when we set out to 'Americanize' him.

~Charles Horton Cooley

Topics: Arrogance Betray Children Credit Foreigner Him His Less Most Neglect Nothing Our Out Set Than Unless Us

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