Quotes About Heritage

I like worrying. I come from a long line of worriers. It's in my blood.

You need to have a kind of home port where you put down anchor when the hurricane comes; you must stay connected to your roots. That helps you to have humility and an understanding of your true self.

Part of what I enjoy about the theatre and acting is that sense of history.

We, the Hawaiian people, who are born from the union of Papahanaumoku and Wakea, earth mother and sky father, and who have lived in these islands for over 100 generations, will always have the moral right to the lands of Hawai'i now and forever, no matter what any court says.

What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as child? Variant: What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child?

What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child?

discoveries: a burial pit in Wales that contained the remains of what most scholars agreed was the first-century English queen Boadicea. She had been found buried in an ancient war chariot, surrounded by weapons, golden armbands, and other trinkets.

If God had intended us to follow recipes, He wouldn't have given us grandmothers.

if god had intended us to follow recipes, He wouldn't have given us grandmothers.

I saw her future in my body and face, and her past was alive in me.

We are those who came from the ones who survived, buried in that place after walking the death trail from Mississippi. Missa Sipokna. We walked into this lost foreign place having no homes, no body of peace just the papers with signatures of those who made promises not held.

The drumbeat in your blood is the voice of your ancestors. Let the drum speak.

Meet Madeleine Cahill," he said. "Founder of the Madrigal line.

I always thought it was a shame . . . that we didn't keep those things safe somehow.

We still spoke Korean at home, but on the streets we always had to speak Japanese.

You know how we'd get along better? If everybody'd just remember how we're all related. White, black, Asian, skin. No difference. All the bloodlines go back to that one old mama in Africa.

We're all made of stories. When they finally put us underground, the stories are what will go on.

Bur Armenians have a talent for sorrow.

We don't put much stock in genealogy where I'm from [...] It's assumed that you're kind of a loser if you have to sink to boasting about your family in order to impress people.

Nur zu bald wirst du diesen Ort, dein Heimatdorf, verlassen. Du wirst durch Schmerz und Feuer und Hunger gehen, und ich kann nicht sagen, wie das Ende aussehen wird. Vielleicht wirst du am Ende nach Palästina kommen oder nach Amerika. Und dort wirst du deinen Kindern Geschichten aus deiner Kindheit erzählen, und sie werden diese Stadt für ebenso exotisch, ebenso fern halten wie Shanghai. Und nur zu bald werdensie fort von dir und in ferne Länder gehen wollen.

I'm proud of what I look like. I'm proud that I look like my mom.

Ghost?" St. Vincent shot him an incredulous glance. "Christ. You're not serious, are you?" "I'm a Gypsy," Cam replied matter-of-factly. "Of course I believe in ghosts." "Only half Gypsy. Which led me to assume that the rest of you was at least marginally sane and rational." "The other half is Irish," Cam said a touch apologetically. "Christ," St. Vincent said again, shaking his head as he strode away.

The Ravenels have always been known for their volatile temperaments." "Thank you," Gabriel said sourly. "Now I won't be surprised when my future offspring emerge with horns and tails.

Amelia, if we have children… will you mind that they're part Roma?" "Not if you don't mind that they're part Hathaway.