Quotes About Heritage

My grandfather John came from Cork. I have six degrees of separation in Ireland.

I've been combing through the Wolverine archives and advertisements from the sixties and seventies. I'm looking to take inspiration from designs of the past and bring them into the future.

Being from Brazil, I missed out on a lot of American music, so I like to go back and check things out - music from the Fifties, Sixties and Seventies. So much of that stuff was groundbreaking.

Irrespective of its size, Greece, with its intellectual heritage and the brilliance of Hellenism, together with the liveliness of its people, can contribute politically, morally and culturally to the realisation of the idea of a united Europe.

I guess my name was gonna be Michael Vernon Wells, and I came out, and my dad saw my nose. He always says that my nose right now is the same size as it was when I was born. So he had to name me Vernon. He's got a big schnozz on him, too.

I am proud to be a first-generation Chinese-American in the sport of figure skating.

While researching my ancestry I have unearthed many skeletons. It would seem that I come from a long line of ne'er-do-wells, especially on my mother's side.

My skepticism doesn't come from no one. There's a root to it, and it's my family.

I think I have an inbuilt British skepticism.

It's said that Norwegians are born with skis for our legs. That's why we always win the Olympics.

My skin - very Mexican, very Oaxaquenan, and very human, from the color of my land and the diversity of its colors.

I am the daughter of a Chicana and anglo. I think most days I am an embarrassment to both groups. I sometimes hate the white in me so viciously that I long to forget the commitment my skin has imposed upon my life.

My mum gave me pretty good genes in that department. She had gorgeous skin. That good English complexion. She never seemed to have a blemish that I knew of.

People have accused me of bleaching my skin, of getting a nose job. They squint at my mom, like, 'I didn't know Wendy was Asian.' I am black all day, honey pie. I am black and very proud.

My father has fair skin, and my mother is dark, and I'm kind of cafe au lait.

There are no black conservatives. Oh, there are neoconservatives with black skin, but they lack any claim to blackness other than the biological. They have forgotten their roots.

I never really had to put much thought into my race, and neither did anybody else. I knew I was black. I knew there was a history that accompanied my skin color, and my parents taught me to be proud of it. End of story.

I grew up as a Polynesian kid in the Polynesian community, and I was this skinny white kid.

Like lycanthropy, the nerd gene can skip a generation. My maternal grandfather was a technophile.

I'd love to do a musical. I've been known to have a good step or two. I'm half Samoan, you know, and part of our culture is singing and dancing daily.

I miss everything that makes up Panama. I don't have a preference. I love my country.

I love what the church offers to us as a culture - black people in particular. We would be nowhere without the black church.

I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.

I love being at home, being with friends and family. I'm of European stock, brought up in Australia. I'm a passionate guy. I just love life.