I am of old and young, of the foolish as much as the wise,
Regardless of others, ever regardful of others,
Maternal as well as paternal, a child as well as a man,
Stuffed with the stuff that is course, and stuffed with the stuff that is fine, one of the nation, of many nations, the smallest the same and the the largest
Tags: wisdom poetry nature youth self old naturalism nationality nation maternal paternal youthful
She might be without country, without nation, but inside her there was still a being that could exist and be free, that could simply say I am without adding a this, or a that, without saying I am Indian, Guyanese, English, or anything else in the world.
Sharon MaasTags: individuality inspirational empowerment roots freedom self-esteem identity home self-respect self-determination self-reliance self-assurance independence self-awareness homelessness anchoring attachment belonging self-trust self-sufficiency nationality self-containment
Maybe your country is only a place you make up in your own mind. Something you dream about and sing about. Maybe it's not a place on the map at all, but just a story full of people you meet and places you visit, full of books and films you've been to. I'm not afraid of being homesick and having no language to live in. I don't have to be like anyone else. I'm walking on the wall and nobody can stop me.
Hugo HamiltonTags: individuality inspirational empowerment roots self-esteem home self-respect self-determination self-reliance self-assurance independence self-awareness homelessness anchoring attachment belonging country self-trust self-sufficiency nationality self-containment
The desert could not be claimed or owned–it was a piece of cloth carried by winds, never held down by stones, and given a hundred shifting names... Its caravans, those strange rambling feasts and cultures, left nothing behind, not an ember. All of us, even those with European homes and children in the distance, wished to remove the clothing of our countries. It was a place of faith. We disappeared into landscape.
Michael OndaatjeTags: identity desert nationality
If my mother's intention in whole or in part was to ensure that I never had to suffer any indignity or embarrassment for being a Jew, then she succeeded well enough. And in any case there were enough intermarriages and 'conversions' on both sides of her line to make me one of those many mischling hybrids who are to be found distributed all over the known world. And, as someone who doesn't really believe that the human species is subdivided by 'race,' let alone that a nation or nationality can be defined by its religion, why should I not let the whole question slide away from me? Why—and then I'll stop asking rhetorical questions—did I at some point resolve that, in whatever tone of voice I was asked 'Are you a Jew?' I would never hear myself deny it?
Christopher HitchensTags: religion antisemitism mothers race jews nationality intermarriage religious-conversions rhetorical-questions
To become truly human,one has to try an release oneself from the shackles of race,religion and nationality.The quantum of humanism one acquires is inevitably filtered when one limits oneself."-Ashoka Jahnavi Prasad(Kant Lecture,20090)
Ashoka Jahnavi PrasadTags: humanity religion race nationality
India is not a nation, nor a country. It is a subcontinent of nationalities.
Muhammad Ali JinnahTags: country nationality india jinnah subcontinent
Any idea of a United India could never have worked and in my judgment it would have led us to terrific disaster.
Muhammad Ali JinnahTags: nationality india pakistan jinnah partion united
In America when someone asks me my nationality, I can't just say American. I have to go back generations, elaborate on there in Europe my ancestors were from. But here, I can just say it, Je suis Americaine. It feels good.
Bridget AsherTags: american nationality
Don't say Fili, sister. Say Pili. In Tagalog, pili means to choose. Pino means fine. Pilipino equals 'fine choice.
Jessica HagedornTags: identity nationality filipino filipino-authors
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