Heritage Quotes - Page 17

• Yeah, my family is of Indian heritage.

  Dev Patel

  My Family, Yeah, Indian

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think there is a heritage which I’m proud of, which is a fight for democracy, a fight for social justice, a fight for freedom. My grandfather went to jail or exile six times in his life, fighting for his principles for democracy, or for his country. And my father twice.

  George Papandreou

  Country, Father, Fighting

  "Q&A with George Papandreou". Interview with Nicole Itano, papandreou.gr. April 12, 2010.

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• The ultimate vision is to instate in the Muslim world the notion of multiculturalism, which is part of our heritage and history, part of the fundamental, mainstream ideals of Islam.

  Feisal Abdul Rauf

  Vision, Islam, Fundamentals

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• Sure, companies say they're sensitive to their employees' cultural heritages, but show up on casual Friday wearing a necklace made from the ears of your vanquished enemies and all hell breaks loose.

  Brad Wilkerson

  Friday, Enemy, Ears

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• Three qualities of greatness stood out in Woodrow Wilson. He was a man of staunch morals. He was more than just an idealist; he was the personification of the heritage of idealism of the American people. He brought spiritual concepts to the peace table. He was a born crusader.

  Herbert Hoover

  Spiritual, Greatness, Men

  Herbert Hoover (1992). “The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson”, p.27, Woodrow Wilson Center Press

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• The music we're playing now is based on my heritage, which is Russian, Romanian and Hungarian.

  Herbie Mann

  Hungarians

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• It is clear, then, that whatever genetic heritage we have, it is not a straitjacket that traps us forever in the "beastly" ways of our forebears. Evolution tells us where we came from, not where we can go.

  Jerry A. Coyne

  Forever, Way, Evolution

  Jerry A. Coyne (2009). “Why Evolution is True”, p.251, Oxford University Press, USA

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• The intellectual heritage of the race belongs to the minority.

  H. L. Mencken

  Race, Intellectual, Minorities

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• I grew up without a father, and my mother grew up without a father and her mother grew up without a father. So we have this long heritage of growing up without fathers.

  Gloria Gaynor

  Mother, Growing Up, Father

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• I'm actually the chairman of the historical foundation [in Franklin] called the Heritage Foundation in Franklin. We've got a pretty good group of folks, very influential folks, who are really striving to protect those lands and so far we're not having a lot of problems. We're growing too fast. Everybody wants to put up some sort of neighborhood but that's our biggest battle. Nobody's really trying to go on any of the historical land.

  Michael W. Smith

  Land, Historical, Battle

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• I regard myself as a true American musician, and I play every style that is my heritage.

  Michelle Shocked

  Play, Style, Musician

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• You definitely want your kids to understand their heritage, but I don't want my kids to just focus on being black. They are people. I don't want them to judge other people or to be judged. I want them to be good people, so good people will treat them accordingly. I preach that to my kids and everything else falls into place.

  Kevin Hart

  Fall, Kids, People

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• Paris, hours in the café, a certain spirit of rebellion, one side a bit too stubborn, the sea, the true, in Bretagne, the walking in Provence, the taste, the passion for literature, the libraries, the beautiful editions, remaking the world in a set of hours around a table and a bottle of wine. Talking without really saying nothing, just for the pleasure of talking. The museums, the theatres, the elegance, the delicacy, the heritage of the Illustration, a humanistic philosophy. The balance we got between a nordic rigor and a latin savoir-vivre, the insolence and the freedom.

  Clemence Poesy

  Beautiful, Latin, Philosophy

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• Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore rescinded the state's European Heritage Month proclamation for fear it would sound racist. It's too bad. Thus ends a month of celebrating the 400-year progression of our nation's British culture from wood to steel to graphite shafts.

  Argus Hamilton

  Virginia, Years, Sound

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• The Dior heritage is so broad. It has a strong presence in the work. So, when people have to define it quickly, it's, like, the Bar jacket and the movement and the luxury and the Belle Époque and so much more.

  Raf Simons

  Strong, Luxury, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• It felt wrong for me to stay totally connected to that very strict way of approaching the heritage - what it can be, what it cannot be. That was also the period where I really thought, "No, let's open it up."

  Raf Simons

  Way, Periods, Strict

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• When Donald Trump says a distinguished judge born in Indiana can't do his job because of his Mexican heritage, or he mocks a reporter with disabilities, or calls women pigs, it goes against everything we stand for.

  Hillary Clinton

  Jobs, Pigs, Judging

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• I understand that and I have had very candid discussions with Saudi leaders in the past. I respect their culture and their heritage and their traditions, but I think that they now, as they move forward, will have to start examining these traditions and these practices to see whether or not change is appropriate.

  Colin Powell

  Moving, Past, Thinking

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• I can only display what I've been nurtured with, which is this worldview which has become my view. If I displayed anything different from it in my work, I wouldn't deserve this heritage.

  Abbas Kiarostami

  Views, Different, Worldview

  "They Should Be Grateful: An Interview with Abbas Kiarostami". Interview with Zachary Wigon, filmmakermagazine.com. February 13, 2013.

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• I'd say that my identity is really a culinary identity, so the way I relate to my national heritage is through its cuisine.

  Princess Tatiana of Greece and Denmark

  Identity, Way, Cuisine

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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• My German heritage, it's through food. Growing up in Switzerland, the thing that I remember the most is the food. And so the way that I experience people and places is through that - through its food and cuisine.

  Princess Tatiana of Greece and Denmark

  Growing Up, People, Cuisine

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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• I believe that the faith heritage of this country is actually a very important part of America's culture.

  Mitt Romney

  Country, Believe, America

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• If we're to honor the heritage of our country, whether it be in terms of religious freedom, whether it be in terms of truly protecting life, protecting not just the unborn but who comes next, the infirm, the elderly, the maimed, the disabled - that's who comes next as we get into the budget crunch of taking care of those people in the years - I believe we ought to have that debate honest and openly.

  Tom Coburn

  Country, Religious, Believe

  U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court, www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.

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• I've said many times - I told William Buckley, I said, "You warped my mind and I never recovered from it." That was a principled, lawful understanding of the role of government, the Constitution. It was not based on racism, on demagoguery, but on strong principles that - which, consistent with the American heritage and our strength for the future.

  Jeff Sessions

  Strong, Government, Racism

  Interview with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. May 31, 2016.

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• Coming out of the anti - coming out of the Republican heritage of Abraham Lincoln, Frank Johnson could see it more clearly than Alabamians would, which led to the big confrontations between Frank Johnson and George Wallace.

  Jeff Sessions

  Republican, George Wallace, Coming Out

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