Quotes About Heritage

I'm from the DMV. I grew up in Maryland my whole life and I was born in Washington D.C.

I want my daughter to grow up with memories of home-cooked meals, just as I did as one of seven children by Moroccan parents.

It's hard for me to believe that the KKK still exists, especially knowing all my ancestors have been through. I feel like the history and meaning of all we have been through has been trashed.

I'd love to meet my ancestors. I'd love to be able to speak to them.

Even though I'm not Jamaican, I've always loved Jamaican culture because, to me, it's the island of magic, it's the island of politics, of resistance.

Returning to your family and where you came from, and your history... this is what makes you strong. It's not looking out that's going to do that - it's looking in.

I come from a long line of revolutionaries.

The American idea my ancestors fought for during the Revolutionary War is as exciting and revolutionary today as it was 250 years ago.

I would like to call India a gold-mine of art. It's really the richest in the world.

I think there is such a richness to the South and a lushness and a way of life.

Money is great, but history is something that you can never get rid of and act like it didn't happen.

At the end of the day, it is not about money. It is not about cars. It is about legacy and it is about rings.

We were all Romans once, I guess.

It's funny how much of the 'old times' are still rooted in modern America.

In Maharashtra, films are not as big as theatre. I think theatre is deeply rooted in this state's culture.

I can't give up the allegiances I grew up with, given where I was born and where I grew up, but you won't see me at a Rutgers game rooting for somebody else. Let's put it that way.

A lasting architecture has to have roots.

I want to show how strong I am from my roots.

You can't run from your roots of who you are.

I feel like our history and our roots make us who we are.

Guess will always be loyal and true to its roots.

My roots have never left me... because the very first memory I have is my mom singing and me singing with her.

You can't forget your roots.

I know where I come from and what my roots are.