John Krasinski Quotes

My dad does a good job of reminding me where I came from.

We all have to appreciate where we come from and how wonderful our parents were.

I wanted to share my life story and honor my roots. I am very proud of my family and mother.

As a man, I've been representative of the values I hold dear. And the values I hold dear are carryovers from the lives of my parents.

I was born in Morocco and lived there until I was 13; I'm really proud of my heritage.

My parents have always been very concerned of making sure we know who we are and where we come from. I have to give them credit for that. Knowing your roots is quite important.

My parents were always very strict, and they gave me the right beliefs in how to treat people. It was very strict and all about morals - I try to pass that on to my own children.

I always wanted my kids to be proud of their heritage.

The Carter family history means a lot to me.

A lot of things come down to your roots and how you're brought up.

I'm proud of who I am, and I'm proud I grew up in Puerto Rico.

I really appreciate the British part of my family.

My family's journey is something I am very proud of - in front of me, behind me and every part.

I love my nice things, but I'm still the Welsh family girl.

I'll probably always be 'Timothy Spall's son' and it's something I'm proud of. Maybe one day as well as that, they'll say of Timothy Spall that 'He's Rafe Spall's dad'.

I know Spanish pretty well. I'm half-Puerto Rican - my mom is from Puerto Rico - so I have a lot of family there, and my mom's first language is Spanish. But growing up in the States, and with my dad being from the States, I'm kind of just like this white kid.

I love my heritage!

My mum is a lovely woman, so strong but so kind and compassionate. She brought us up to be proud, loving and forgiving.

A woman always has her man, but the man unconsciously leans on his roots, his heritage. He feels like an orphan without his parents.

I'm a good girl, and I have a very good Jewish family who brought me up very well.

I know my roots and I cannot forget the journey I made.

Some of what I am doing when I am researching is looking for things people in my family have done and finding out what those things mean, why they did those things and seeing how I fit into them.

The military infrastructure grew me. My faith in God is important, my belief in my country is important, my relationship to my family is important, the things that Mom and Dad tell you growing up are important.

I come from a large family, but I was not raised with a fortune. Something more was left me, and that was family values.

We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs.