Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner. You must be eating some of what's on that plate. Being here in America doesn't make you an American. Being born here in America doesn't make you an American.
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It's very important to me that people see I am an American and I was born in the States.
It's hard to think of myself as an American, and yet I am not from India, a place where I was not born and where I have never lived.
I'm American. Very American. Like, I-might-have-biscuits-and-sausage-gravy-for-dinner American.
I am not an American; I am the American.
To be an American is to be part of the world because America, all the people of the world come to America.
I'm as American as apple pie.
Growing up in the States, there's this part of me that's like, man, I'm Indian. Like, this is where I belong. And as soon as I got to India, and I had to go to the bathroom in some places, I was, like, 'Man - I am American.'
You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents came from. It is a belief that all men are created free and equal and that everyone deserves an even break.
People talk about alienation in the city. Diners are a place where you feel comfortable, an extension of your house.
I am an American, not by accident of birth but by choice. I voted with my feet and became an American because I love this country and think it is exceptional.
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