Quotes About Heritage

Philadelphia made me who I am.

We are serious about our music here in Philadelphia, and jazz has meant a lot to this city.

I grew up in Philadelphia.

Cities like Chicago and Philadelphia make the NFL what it is. They give the league its soul.

Philanthropy is in the DNA of my family.

Parsee culture is definitely one of strong business acumen, high ethics, and an element of philanthropy.

My family has a history in philanthropy, and I want to continue that legacy.

I've got a better background than anyone else who married into the royal family since the war, excepting Prince Philip.

Prince Philip is conscious of his place in the heritage of the Royal Family.

I'm fascinated by the Philippines because I'm from here. I was born here. I'm a Filipino.

Both my parents were born in the Philippines. My dad is full Filipino, but my mom looks a little mixed, and her mom's name is Estelita Coquico.

The Philippines, it might be said, is a country in search of an identity.

Philly is old-school.

The great Jewish scientists and philosophers of the last few generations - Spinoza, Einstein, Freud, Robert Oppenheimer and others - were natives of Europe and America.

Conservatism, for me, is the philosophy and the politics of attachment.

My photo has nothing to do with the person I am, the dreams I have, the family I want to build, the family I'm from.

My dad photographed a lot of beautiful dancers. My mom was a dancer.

The way we dress on 'Mad Men' is so associated with old photographs, with people's parents and grandparents.

The funny thing is, when you look at photos of Tuvia Bielski, he was fair, blue-eyed, and could pass for a Gentile.

I grew up in a very cultural household, but part of our culture is that we don't really take photos.

Sometimes I have a very fleeting emotional dance with a fleeting phrase, like 'half-Mexican.'

I'm pan-Latino, or whatever that phrase is. It's not a sexy phrase, but it is a sexy, cool thing. That's how I feel.

As a woman of colour, as a person who is a minority, I believe its important that other people know about my language and I don't necessarily have to explain. In the same way, when I read 19th-century literature and if I have to understand a Latin phrase or a French phrase, it is incumbent upon me to learn it.

The physical DNA has always been part of our family. My dad was a good boxer and gymnast; my mum is a ballroom dancer, and my brother does martial arts.