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It was nice to be in my own country, where I didn't need a translator or a driver. Where I didn't need to figure out cultural references or what hijab I needed to wear to cover my hair.

— Lynsey Addario

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Living in different cultures helped me work out who I was going to be, separate from where I came from.

— Jacinda Barrett

I come from the deep countryside. My family was in farming. I was not really exposed to business. Coming from that environment, I just wanted in my life to go overseas - that was a childhood dream because I wanted diversity, contacts, cultural meetings with others.

— Jean-Pascal Tricoire

I'm glad I was faced with different cultures when I was growing up because I wasn't fazed by it. It has been a huge benefit to me; I feel comfortable wherever I go.

— Jessie J

We were constantly moving to different countries and adjusting to new things. It was such a free feeling. I'm glad I didn't have a traditional upbringing.

— River Phoenix

I wanted to learn a few foreign languages, and therefore I had to go abroad.

— Ella Maillart

I lived in a country where I couldn't live where I wanted to live. I lived in a country where I couldn't go where I wanted to eat. I lived in a country where I couldn't get a job, except for those put aside for people of my colour or caste.

— Sidney Poitier

I really knew when I started photographing I wanted it to be a way of knowing different cultures, not just in other countries but in this country, too, and I knew I wanted to be a voyeur.

— Mary Ellen Mark

✗Opposing Perspectives

It's wonderful to learn about new cultures and to be able to travel easily to so many countries.

— Stephen A. Schwarzman

I grew up in a very westernised environment and went to a private American school. But my personality was shy and quiet, and I wanted to wear the hijab but didn't have the courage, as I knew my friends would talk me out of it.

— Leila Aboulela

I was born in Monterrey, Mexico, and I would go to school in Texas. I lived on the border, so I was very fortunate to grow up between two worlds and both cultures and both languages and traditions.

— Bianca Marroquin