Quotes About Heritage

I come from generations of progressive, atheist Jews.

I'm Latino, progressive, and I have deep roots in the working class - my father was a bracero, a guest farmworker and cook, and my mom worked as a nursing home laundry attendant.

I was raised in Mississippi, in a family and a community that identified as black, and I have the stories and the experiences to go with it. One of my great-great grandfathers was killed by a gang of white Prohibition patrollers.

When we were in D.C. my daddy used to cut his hair with a bowl. Crucial. If you're African, Haitan, Jamaican or even more poor than the people in the project, you'll know about that.

Outside' was more of a personal project. This, the 'African Giant', is more of an African project.

Families don't make projects for five years, they make projects for generations.

One of the things that Ang brings to all of his projects is his deep sense of being a double exile, an outsider's outsider.

The fact I've worked hard to play in the NBA and at the elite level, I'm just using it to promote my culture and heritage, represent my country and Canberra.

I'm extremely proud of being Latin; it's a big part of my life. It's not something I outwardly promote, just like I don't outwardly promote that I have green eyes and blonde hair. It's a part of who I am. I love the richness of the culture I grew up within.

I believe in the traditional American family, and I will do everything that I can to promote, you know, families.

I try to promote Indian locations in my films.

We should promote and celebrate and enthuse the artisans and craftsmen of Great Britain.

My last name is difficult to pronounce. It's Toussant.

My heritage, many generations back, is Dutch and it was fun to go where nobody asked me how to pronounce my name.

I can still remember the feel in my hand of that most wonderful American coin ever minted, a nickel with a buffalo on one side and the head of an Indian on the other. That nickel was a daily proof of our country's past. Bring it back!

I'm a proper Essex girl because my family was part of that great exodus from the East End.

It is important never to forget our history, but parts of our history are more appropriately displayed in museums, not on government property.

I always think of Ireland as a place for complex ideas and prose. I like Irishness. I like Irish culture and Irish literature.

The family name hasn't fostered my prospects - ever.

Oceans are a family heritage, because of my great-great-grandfather, but also my father, who spearheaded different initiatives to better protect the Mediterranean. He was very instrumental in setting up the Pelagos Marine Sanctuary, which is a sanctuary for marine mammals between Italy, France and Monaco.

So we have to be careful because if you don't protect your culture you won't have it for very long.

I do not feel I have a legacy to protect.

I was named for my grandmother. It's an evil-eye name, to protect you from bad things.

My grandfather created a big family in Italy. He protected the family; he helped them in hospitals and stuff like that.