Quotes About Roots

Kunta Kinte's strength derives from the knowledge of where he comes from, but it struck me that I don't know where I come from. I understand that my last name is Kirby, that I was born in London, third-generation Jamaican, and at some point along the line, that name was changed. I didn't know my history past my grandparents.

I've had some Democrat African-American leaders tell me they're really not all that comfortable with Obama as the lead at the MLK festivities 'cause he's not down for the struggle. He does not have that in his roots.

I thank my mum, dad, and home for keeping me in touch with my own country and my own land. I can be in the studio with Snoop Dogg or singing for Oprah, but I'm still me.

I am an ordinary woman from a Tamil family.

I think everyone born in Oregon is an environmentalist by birth.

I spent most of my formative years in rural Oregon.

Oregon is home to me.

Being from Oregon, it's part of who I am.

I was born in the Bronx but my parents hated living in the Bronx so they moved to Oregon when I was 6 months old.

I want to try different things but, most importantly, always be true to my roots and keep it organic. I'm never going to leave bachata behind. I'm always going to be a bachatero first.

I'm from a town in Ohio called Orient.

For me, what I try to heal is the major thing that I think all of us go through, where we came from. From our family of origin.

Because of this, originality consists in returning to the origin.

My last name is originally Irish. I'm not exactly sure whereabouts it's from, but I've got family branches that were traced back there.

I'm from the Mississippi delta originally.

II grew up in Australia, but I'm not from there originally. Like, my dad's South American, so I know what that's like to grow up in a culture that's not your own.

I remember a very nurturing, safe environment: everybody knew who I was, who my parents were, who my grandparents were, what part of Russia we were from originally. That was a really comforting feeling. Non-Mennonites, when they see that aspect of it, think it's a beautiful thing, and it is, but there's so much going on besides.

I'm originally from Nova Scotia.

We're from North Carolina originally.

I'm half Egyptian, and I'm Muslim. But I grew up in Canada, far from my Arab roots. Like so many who straddle East and West, I've been drawn, over the years, to try to better understand my origins.

I was not born in Telangana but my origins are in Telangana. My parents Varalaxmi and Srinivas Prasad hailed from Ramannagudem.

Orlando is my history.

I grew up in Orlando.

I'd like to move back to New Orleans.