Quotes About Heritage

I knew I was Chinese, but growing up, it never occurred to me that that had any particular implication or that it should differentiate me in any way. I thought it was a minor detail, like having red hair.

We have to redefine what we mean when we say, 'Who are your people?' 'Where are you from?'

A lot of my family are redheads, but I'm a dark blonde.

Hopefully, people will rediscover real country music. After all, it's in my blood.

Once a redneck always a redneck.

I did any of the normal things any redneck kid did.

To call somebody a Jewish composer is obviously redundant.

It's rural America. It's where I came from. We always refer to ourselves as real America. Rural America, real America, real, real, America.

I usually refer to myself as Hispanic.

It is an honor for me to accept the position of men's artistic director for Louis Vuitton. I find the heritage and creative integrity of the house are key inspirations and will look to reference them both while drawing parallels to modern times.

My conscious life has all been in Kenya, and it's my point of reference. But going back to Mexico was very formative.

My grandparents would never admit to being Tasmanian, but I think it's really great and funny. But I guess, in the past, Tasmanians just weren't quite accepted. You had that lazy reference to them being felons.

What we had on was BBC Asian Network and Bollywood sound-tracks - they were my reference points. But of course, where I grew up, I was one of two Indian guys in my school, and I didn't really have anyone else to share that with.

Even if you aren't a believer, there are incredible stories in the 'good book' that I guarantee you will keep you glued to the page. The Bible is no less a part of our cultural heritage than Shakespeare is - and by the way, Shakespeare's plays are absolutely loaded with Biblical references.

I love historical references.

During his public life, Barack Obama has often referred to his biracial background and itinerant childhood and has said, 'In no other country on Earth is my story even possible.' True.

A national festival is an occasion to refine and rebuild the national character.

In some ways, Cash and Carter is a family business that's been handed to me.

When you get a bunch of Latinxs together, we get to handle our stories. A cultural shorthand happens.

Even city people have ancestors who had their hands in the dirt.

I just feel like a Filipina, a Filipino woman, and it just so happens that when I was growing up, I was very much an Australian, and I think you can be both.

It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone.

It is hard for the ape to believe he descended from man.

My dad's family is part British and Austrian, and my mother's family is from Goa, which is in the south of India. I looked different from everyone else, which now is such a blessing. It was harder at the beginning of my career.