Soledad O'Brien quote: "I'm black and Cuban, Australian and Irish, and like most people in America, I'm someone whose roots come from somewhere else. I'm a mixed race, first-generation American."

I joke to people in the press that I realize I'm not black, I'm actually white. But I've...
GLENN HUGHES

Growing up in London, with a hippie mom, I don't know that I'm most people's definition ...
CARMEN EJOGO

I'm Korean-American. Not Colombian. My parents are first-generation, and I'm like... in-betw...
STEVEN YEUN

I'm an American first, and I think that's how most people are.
ED GILLESPIE

Me being a black girl in London, whose mom is first-generation African and whose dad is West Indian,...
ESTELLE

I'm happy that I'm alive. I feel like someone coming back from Vietnam, you know; I'm su...
LARS VON TRIER

I think I'm an American writer writing about Latin America, and I'm a Latin American writer ...
DANIEL ALARCON

I don't like being compared to anyone or being in a class with someone. I'm a teen actress a...
AMANDA BYNES

Sometimes people come to my shows and think I'm a Christian artist, and they put their hands up ...
JENNY LEWIS

I'm in kind of a strange position - I have a strong Australian career and a strong British caree...
CAROLINE GOODALL

I'm writing what comes into my head, or through me, or from somewhere else, and it is the most e...
TANITH LEE

It's important for me to think I'm mixed-race.
DAN O'BRIEN

I'm a writer. In Latin America, they say I'm a Latin-American writer because I also write in...
ISABEL ALLENDE

I'm not the coolest person in the world. I'm not the sexiest Diva or the strongest Diva. I k...
AJ LEE

I'm not an American actor. I'm a French actor. I'll continue in France. If I could make ...
JEAN DUJARDIN

I was inspired by Colin Farrell in the fact that he's Irish and has freckles but with black hair...
JOJO

I don't care what people think of me, unless they think I'm mean or something, but I don'...
SIA

I'm not afraid of just cranking it out and seeing what comes out of my subconscious. Because I d...
THERESA REBECK

I'm from a Cuban family, so we're used to talking really loud. You come to a Cuban restauran...
KAT DAHLIA

I wouldn't make an anti-American film. I'm one of the most pro-American foreigners I know. I...
MICHAEL CAINE

I'm so in love with the United States. Not as a patriot. I'm in love with America like it...
VINCENT GALLO

I'm nervous the first few songs, and then I'm like, 'I got this audience. I'm ready!...
DRAKE BELL

I'm not confused. I'm just well mixed.
ROBERT FROST

I'm most comfortable with the Southern dialects, really. It's easy, for example, for me to d...
BRAD PITT

I feel like I pull inspiration from everyone, and I feel like I'm honored and grateful that peop...
WINNIE HARLOW

A great epiphany: I found out that I'm totally confused and I'm good with that. I'm cons...
RONNIE DUNN

People only say I'm angry because I'm black and I'm a woman. But all sorts of people wri...
JAMAICA KINCAID

I'm a promoter of the people for the people and by the people and my magic lies in my people tie...
DON KING

I'm certainly proud to be Cuban American, and it's a fantastic opportunity for anybody - reg...
DANNY PINO

I'm from an Irish Catholic family.
BONNIE HUNT

I'm a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and d...
MICHAEL JACKSON

I'm not living for when I have a Number One record or when I make a million trillion dollars. I&...
DANNII MINOGUE

I'm not even Indian-American: I'm Indian-Indian. Everybody expected me to have henna and a n...
PRIYANKA CHOPRA

I have four strikes against me. I'm black, I'm short, I'm intelligent, and I have a medi...
GARY COLEMAN

I must admit, even though I'm the product of two Jewish parents, I think the Irish temper got in...
HARVEY WEINSTEIN

I'm Irish and Cherokee Indian. I can't faint.
LYNN COLLINS

I'm not a policy wonk - I'm somewhere between being undecided and a surrogate.
JIMMY SMITS

I mean, I'm pretty good in real life, but sometimes people seem surprised that I'm like a no...
BRITTANY SNOW

I'm not a Democrat, I'm not a Republican-I'm an American, I'm a human.
CHELY WRIGHT

I'm Irish on St. Patrick's Day. I'm Italian on Columbus Day. I'm a New Yorker every ...
TAMARA TUNIE

If I had to describe myself, I wouldn't use words like 'hero.' I wouldn't use 'p...
EDWARD SNOWDEN

Most of all, I dislike this idea nowadays that if you're a black person in America, then you mus...
WHOOPI GOLDBERG

People come up to me and say, 'Can I just thank you for writing my life?' And I reply, '...
MIRANDA HART

Yancy is actually a Native-American name, but I'm Irish. Go figure.
YANCY BUTLER

When I'm later in the competition, I get antsy. I'm seeing everybody else go and achieve thi...
ASHTON EATON

I'm a novelist - not an expert on coal mining. I'm not a politician with an agenda to push. ...
TAWNI O'DELL

I'm childish and silly. Most people tease me because I'm a bit daft.
HARRIET WALTER

This is a career about images. It's celluloid; they last for ever. I'm a black woman from Am...
ANGELA BASSETT

I'm open about having bipolar disorder. I'm open about being of mixed race. I'm open abo...
HALSEY

I'm definitely a singer-songwriter. I'm somewhere in the vein between Elliott Smith and Jack...
BRYAN GREENBERG

A few years ago I lost 30 pounds, and people still wanted to criticize. And honestly, I'm happy ...
KHLOE KARDASHIAN

As an individual, and I have to say as a person of color, the thing about being an 'other' i...
JOHN RIDLEY

I'm very insecure. I'm human, just like anybody else.
BEN AFFLECK

I'm a third-generation American, so I like that American-looking, Northwestern style with a flan...
CODY HORN

I'm first generation in the country - my family's Mexican.
MANNY MONTANA

In America, I'm a foreigner because of my Korean heritage. In Asia, because I was born in Americ...
MARGARET CHO

I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom.
ORSON WELLES

I would say I'm black because my parents said I'm black. I'm black because my mother'...
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN

I'm trying to do what Eddie Murphy did for his generation. You have to show people, 'I'm...
KEVIN HART

I'm a member of the American Indian Movement, and I'm from the indigenous nations of the Wes...
JOHN TRUDELL

I'm a proud Australian, a very, very proud Australian.
STEVE IRWIN

I'm interested in what it means to be an American. I'm interested in what it means to live i...
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

I'm proud of my roots. There are not many Asians in the music industry so it's important for...
COCO LEE

My biggest thing about being a role model is whatever I'm preaching, I'm practicing. If I...
GIGI HADID

I think I'm great. I mean, I might as well come out and say it. Like most people, I have an ego ...
LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III

I'm Irish, so I'm used to odd stews. I can take it. Just throw a lot of carrots and onions i...
LIAM NEESON

As much as it might look like, to someone else, that I'm successful, I never feel like I'm a...
J. COLE

There is definitely that thing here a little where people are like 'Oh that Broadway girl has co...
LAURA BELL BUNDY

I think the older that I'm getting, the more I'm understand what a privileged job I have, an...
PADDY CONSIDINE

I’m sorry.” Once again, those were the words. And now, anytime someone says I’m sorry, I’m g...
JAY ASHER

I'm not an aviation historian, I'm not an Air Force aficionado, and I'm definitely not a...
ANNIE JACOBSEN

I'm French - it's less important. Meaning, I remain a Frenchman in America, but I adapt to A...
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

African-Americans assume I'm named after the notorious Soledad prison or Mount Soledad in Califo...
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN

I work hard, like I'm sure everyone else does, and I'm very honest with the work I do.
SHAH RUKH KHAN

I think I'm not always what I seem. Most people, when they get to know me, say, 'You know, w...
EVANGELINE LILLY

I'm from the suburbs and where I'm from didn't necessarily have people like you see in &...
JANE LEVY

I'm grounded in who I am, and I am a confident black man. A confident, Nigerian, black, chocolat...
JOHN BOYEGA

I'm a 3rd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and 2nd degree in karate, and I'm a licensed body...
KATHERYN WINNICK

I'm a realist. Where I come from, 'phenomenons' don't exist. I'm from a land whe...
AKSHAY KUMAR

I've always been multi-cultural myself. I'm not black and I'm not white and I'm not ...
EARTHA KITT

I'm a Southerner - I never take satisfaction in touching a nerve. I guess if I'm forced to f...
KATHRYN STOCKETT

I'm glad that young black people are successful with the music. I'm not a hater.
DMX

I'm a mom. I'm a wife. I'm an actress. I'm an executive producer. I'm an author....
TIA MOWRY

I'm one of those idiots; when I'm working in America, I wake up with an American accent and ...
DAMIAN LEWIS

And people say it all the time: 'You're a celebrity.' No, I'm an actor. I'm a pr...
DREW BARRYMORE

I'm older than I'd like and I'm creaky, but I'm doing alright.
DAVID CROSBY

I'm not Irish. Just because I have red hair doesn't mean I'm a lucky charm, you know?
REBECCA MADER

I'm like half Brazilian and half American now.
CAMILA ALVES

I'm like Shrek. Shrek's a nice guy, but people keep alienating him, like they did with me in...
CEELO GREEN

People wanna say that they're part Native American or mixed, or anything other than black. We...
CHANCE THE RAPPER

I was never the pretty girl at school. I'm tiny and mixed-race. I grew up in a white area. I was...
FKA TWIGS

I'm like Madonna: I'm Ming-Na. Just my first and middle name. That's it. Pure and simple...
MING-NA WEN

I'm actually more German than Scottish. I'm half-Japanese, 25 percent German, 12 percent Sco...
KIMIKO GLENN

I don't see myself as a 'black actor,' I'm just Shemar Moore the actor. I'm very...
SHEMAR MOORE

When I'm practicing, I think I'm pretty focused, and I spend a lot of energy on making sure ...
SIDNEY CROSBY

Some people think I'm a total moron and I would hope most people think I'm very good at what...
DAN ABRAMS

As you may know, I'm a native Texan. In fact I'm a fifth generation Texan.
KEN STARR

I'm seeing the world partially through the eyes of a kid. Not all the time. There's no black...
STEVEN WRIGHT

It's kind of like I'm Phil Spector, and I'm forcing a young girl to make pop music and p...
GRIMES

I'm a real extrovert, but when I'm round someone new, I'm super shy.
SERENA WILLIAMS

I'm black and Cuban, Australian and Irish, and like most people in America, I'm someone whose roots come from somewhere else. I'm a mixed race, first-generation American.

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I'm black and Cuban, Australian and Irish, and like most people in America, I'm someone whose roots come from somewhere else. I'm a mixed race, first-generation American.

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