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Foreign Country Quotes

The nerve it takes to build a life somewhere new.

These foreign country quotes lean personal: an actor choosing to work abroad as himself rather than through a Hollywood lens, and someone moving alone to a new country after growing up with parents in Holland. Both took real Ability and nerve.

The reality is, is that the military is full of native nomenclature. That's what we would call it. You've got Black Hawk helicopters, Apache Longbow helicopters. You've got Tomahawk missiles. The term used when you leave a military base in...

Quotes by Winona LaDuke

I have serious concerns about whether it's prudent to give any foreign country substantial leverage over the U.S. economy. Instead of spending $80 billion on important programs here at home, we're sending this money overseas just to pay interest on...

Quotes by Tim Johnson

Moving to Liverpool was a new world for me. I had been living with my parents in Holland, and all of a sudden I was living in a foreign country on my own.

Quotes by Ryan Babel

The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it.

Quotes by Rudyard Kipling

Ability Quotes

I can't walk in a toy store in a foreign country without seeing a kid with a minion backpack.

Quotes by Pierre Coffin

If a foreign country doesn't look like a middle-class suburb of Dallas or Detroit, then obviously the natives must be dangerous as well as badly dressed.

Quotes by Lewis H. Lapham

I think many years from now, people will still watch television, though it will probably be 150 inches wide. What will change is the ability to get 'CSI' not only on TV but also on the Internet, even watching it...

Quotes by Leslie Moonves

When I was growing up, my mum was doing illegal smuggling with China. Sometimes she would see a fortune teller for advice. One time I went with her: 'In your future, you'll be living in foreign country and eating the...

Quotes by Lee Hyeon-seo

I went to a foreign country as a Japanese actor, not a Hollywood actor. This takes courage.

Quotes by Ken Watanabe

Actor Quotes

I like picking up accessories as and when I see something I like - whether its from my travels on the streets of a foreign country or more mainstream labels like Accessorize.

Quotes by Hazel Keech

War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.

George Orwell

When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.

Quotes by Clifton Fadiman

Believe me, you can get into a lot of trouble being sixteen years old in a foreign country with no adult telling you when to come home.

Quotes by Cameron Diaz

Frequently Asked Questions

What's this Foreign Country collection about?
Personal accounts of navigating life in a foreign country — as an actor, a new resident, or someone weighing a policy about giving another nation economic leverage.
Why search for foreign country quotes?
They resonate with anyone who's relocated, traveled for work, or thought about what it means to be treated as an outsider — even briefly, as when an Actor works abroad.
One quote describes going to a foreign country as a Japanese actor, not a Hollywood actor — what's the distinction?
It highlights how identity and reputation shift with geography — someone with Hollywood credentials still has to establish themselves on new terms in a different film industry, which the quote frames as requiring real courage.
Is there a quote about moving as part of a family?
Yes — one recalls leaving parents behind in Holland and suddenly living alone in a foreign country after moving to Liverpool, a quieter, more personal entry among the more public ones.
Does this topic touch on economic policy toward other nations?
One quote raises concern about giving a foreign country too much financial leverage over the U.S. economy, questioning whether that trade-off is worth it compared to domestic spending.

There's a policy edge here too, questioning how much leverage any foreign country should get over the U.S. economy, proof the phrase covers everything from courage to caution, and every Actor's leap of faith in between.