We should not look down on our first ancestors.
Alice Walker
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My ancestors came from Co Roscommon, transported to Van Diemen's Land for stealing food.
Richard Flanagan
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OUR history begins before we are born. We represent the hereditary influences of our race, and our ancestors virtually live in us.
James Nasmyth
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My ancestors fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War; I was raised in Natchez, Miss.; I performed in the Confederate Pageant for a decade; I dug ditches and loaded trucks with black men who taught me more than any book ever could; and I graduated from Ole Miss. Anyone who survived that is a de facto expert on the South.
Greg Iles
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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.
Ellen Gilchrist
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My ancestors are all crazy. My great-great-granddad, he was the last man to live in a cave in Nottingham.
Neon Hitch
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As individuals and as a nation, we now suffer from social narcissism. The beloved Echo of our ancestors, the virgin America, has been abandoned. We have fallen in love with our own image, with images of our making, which turn out to be images of ourselves.
Daniel J. Boorstin
LoveAmericaNowAncestorsImage
Well into the 20th century, black people spoke of their flight from Mississippi in much the same manner as their runagate ancestors had.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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My ancestors are Rajputs from Jaipur, a lineage of the royal family.
Kangana Ranaut
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