Quotes About Heritage

What I am is a direct result of how I was raised.

I have so much appreciation for how those two cultures have created who I am. I'm a full-blooded Brazilian, with an entire extended family of Brazilians, but I was born and raised in the U.S.

I'm very proud of my Nigerian heritage. I wasn't fortunate enough to be raised in a heavy Nigerian environment, because my parents were always working. My father was with D.C. Cabs and my mother worked in fast food and was a nurse.

I was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian.

I was born in Hawaii, but I was raised in Iowa.

I was born and raised in China, and my parents were missionaries.

I was raised Irish Catholic, but I don't consider myself Irish Catholic: I consider myself me, an American.

I'm a Brazilian - full blood, parents born and raised, and I lived there for a little bit - but I didn't grow up there.

In New Orleans, music is part of the culture. You're raised with it, from the cradle to the grave, and all in-between.

New Orleans will always be in my heart. New Orleans raised me - it's in my blood.

I was born in Birmingham and raised in Birmingham.

I love L.A., but Pittsburgh just is home. This is what I know. This is where I was born and raised. This is what molded me to make me who I am.

I believe in Judaism, I was raised a Jew, I'm happy to be one - or proud to be one.

When my children were born, I made the choice I wanted them to be raised as Jews and to have a Jewish education.

I was raised Catholic primarily by my mom's side of the family. But at 18, I found out there was an adoption in the family, and that I was of Russian Jewish descent on my mom's side. After that, I started to look more into the philosophies and culture of Judaism.

I was born and raised in Denver, CO.

How I was raised is what I am today.

New Orleans. Born and raised. I lived there until I was 19.

Well, I was born and raised in Rochester, New York.

I was raised in Brooklyn, and I lived there for 59 years.

For many of us who were born and raised in this country, including me, it's sometimes easy to forget how special America really is.

For me, being raised in a free America made all the difference.

All I can do is take influences from where I was raised.

When I was a lot younger, my parents raised me watching classic movies.