Quotes About Heritage

I think growing up in Santa Fe or Northern New Mexico in general instills a sense of humor in people, a sort of easygoing sense of not taking yourself too seriously, while still being very proud of where you come from, and that's something we all share.

My granddad founded a manufacturing company in Northern England - a place called Bury - that manufactured denim, and one of the brands they created denim for was Disney.

I have always thought of myself as being Northern Irish because that's what I am.

I grew up in northern Nigeria.

There is something quintessentially northern in my DNA, even though I've lived in London since I was 18.

I love coming back around Northern California.

A person from Northern Ireland is naturally cautious.

I've got my roots in Northern Ireland - my biological father's side of the family were from Belfast.

I was born in Northern Ireland, also known as Ulster, and I'm Scots-Irish, therefore.

I love going back to Northern Ireland.

My dad was a keen actor when he was young; my auntie is heavily involved in amateur dramatics back in Northern Ireland, and my great aunt was a woman called Greer Garson.

I didn't really grow up listening to blues, because I grew up in the Northwest. It wasn't really the center for blues.

My ancestors are Highland Scots, and my father's home in north Alabama is so much like northwest Arkansas. I have the same allergies in both places.

I'm a third-generation American, so I like that American-looking, Northwestern style with a flannel or jean shirt.

I'm from Norway, but I always felt like I'd grown up with British culture.

My Norwegian family says, 'You're the most grounded American we've ever met.'

I have blood from Dutch and Norwegian.

I'm, like, half Norwegian and half Italian.

'Uff da,' for the unenlightened, is Norwegian for 'oy vey' and is a common expression in Minnesotese.

Thandie has no interest in race. She thinks it's just a Freudian concept by definition, and there's more genetic difference between a Kenyan and a Ugandan than there is between a Kenyan and a Norwegian... she believes entirely that nationality is nothing but accident.

I'm Jewish and Italian, and I lucked out and got the nose of both cultures.

I would say my flow is Aboriginal. Look at my face, nose, lips, and eyes.

I'm not the number-one fan of the heavy holiday meal. And also, I didn't grow up eating them, the traditional Western holiday meals, so it's just not something I have a nostalgic relationship to.

I've never felt British. I'm just not interested in national identity. I don't know why.