Quotes About Roots

My dad farmed, my granddad was a farmer. I wanted to be a farmer.

Whether some may like it or not, I am still the farmer that I was born as and will continue to be one.

I was a farmer, a villager, and I was born to be such.

I come from a family of farmers.

If you're fascinated by America, you'll be fascinated by family.

I've always been fascinated by family ancestry.

I'm Canadian! My father's Canadian.

Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood.

I have always said that if I feel good in one place, I don't need to go elsewhere.

I am just a Flemish girl with her feet on the ground.

I was four days old when I went to my first bluegrass festival.

My father played fiddle and the accordion.

I cannot forget my roots. That's what helps me win fights.

It's in your DNA to be a Filipino; how can you just turn your back on it?

I was born in America, but I consider myself a Filipino.

I can never ever forget Bhojpuri cinema because that is where I got my due. I can never turn my back on the Bhojpuri film industry.

A filmmaker can never be distant from his roots.

My mum will ensure my feet stay firmly on the ground.

My grandad was a fisherman and my dad was a fisherman.

For a while, I thought a lot about lineage. Where do I belong? Who am I standing next to?

I think you will find that a lot of young African-Americans are really searching for, 'Who am I?' and 'Where did I come from?' and 'What is my past?'

My real dream is to have a whole, like, buy a whole piece of land. Imagine, like, a long driveway. Like, a cul de sac-type street, with maybe, like, seven houses. Me be right here. Have my mom be able to be right here. My brother over here. My girl's grandmother and family right here. Friends over there. That's my real dream.

I will live my whole life in Mexico. I want that to be clear.

You don't have to be brought up in a grand house to have a sense of the past, and I truly believe that there are certain people to whom or through whom the territory - the place, the past - speaks.