Quotes About Heritage

I always remember that I am a representative of my country, and I always think about the culture I'm bringing to people.

Representative institutions are as much a part of the true Briton as his language and his literature.

My mother was a Northern woman, daughter of Hon. John Sergeant, a distinguished lawyer, and for many years representative in Congress from Philadelphia.

The Indian community in the U.K. has a unique place in our diaspora. U.K. is the first country which has an Indian community truly representative of its diversity.

I'm representing the Bahamas; I'm representing a lot of islands - it's a whole nation behind me, on my back.

I am representing California, and all of California, definitely as a Mexicano, a Chicano, a Latino.

I think I'm representing a new generation of Latinos - bilingual, bicultural people.

I know I'm representing the Library of Congress, all the people of the United States and, of course, the Latinos and Latinas as well.

I always knew that whenever you go out there, you're not just representing yourself. You're representing a heritage that's behind you, your culture, so you always have to do things, like, bigger, badder, better.

Australia is my birth home, so it will always be a home of some sort. But I'm very happy, very pleased to be representing Great Britain. That is my home, and that is where my heart is. That is where I grew up, essentially. So when people ask me where I'm from, where is home, that's where it is.

Who I am at the core and what I think represents me is really reflected in my family.

This is a coca leaf. This is not cocaine. This represents the culture of indigenous people of the Andean region.

New Brown America represents a whole generation of kids that are descendants of either immigrants or immigrants themselves, that are coming to America, enriching what it means to be an American.

Being a first-generation Cuban American, my story represents the American Dream.

We know what the Dixie flag represents and its heritage; the Civil War was fought over States rights.

Jeep represents a way of life. It's not just a car.

The Confederate flag is a divisive presence - it's the opposite of everything my artistry means and represents.

I have white friends who have the Confederate flag on their license plates, and I have no issue with that if they see that as a matter of heritage. But I do not think it should ever fly over a state, city, county building, or school, for the simple reason that it represents secession from the Union.

Formation of a new race takes place when, over several generations, individuals in one group reproduce more frequently among themselves than they do with individuals in other groups.

I represent New York, I represent the Bronx, I represent the Dominican Republic. And I always have that in mind with everything that I do.

I'm with expanding in my culture, from the Dominican Republic all the way to Cape Verde. Please believe that.

I have a very powerful sense of place, but I have a very powerful sense of being a migrant, so it's both. It seems like I'm always leaving my home. That's part of the formula. I love the Dominican Republic. I go back all the time. I love New Jersey. Go back all the time.

I am Dominican American. My father was born and raised in the U.S. and his heritage is German and Eastern European, and my mother hails from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

When we fled from the oppressions of kings and parliaments in Europe, to found this great Republic in America, we brought with us the laws and the liberties, which formed a part of our heritage as Britons.