A Quote by Junot Diaz

My African roots made me what I am today. They're the reason I exist at all.

Junot Diaz

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African Am Exist Made Me Reason Roots Today

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Junot Diaz
American - Writer
Born: December 31, 1968

Even if I am French, I have African roots. Helping African sport to develop is something that is very important to me. If I can use my reputation or other means to help, then I will.

Kylian Mbappe

No matter how grateful I would be to Netflix, it won't be enough because they have made me who I am today. They are the reason why I have the love that I have.

Rohit Saraf

My father is the reason I am the way I am today. He's why I acted up and he's why I prayed to be the opposite of him. We made up before he died but I vowed to never raise my kids like how he raised me.

Duane Chapman

Every Halloween for six years, I was a Ninja Turtle, and Mikey was my favorite. The turtles really made me who I am today. They got me into martial arts, meditation, surfing, skateboarding; big time influence on who I am today.

Greg Cipes

Today I am discovering who I am. Today I am becoming my person, worthy of developing all of me. Today I am beginning to know that I am okay the way I am.

Ruth Fishel

My roots are African. The birds I remember, the fruits I ate, the trees I climbed, they're African.

Teresa Heinz

I changed my name when we became aware of the African revolution and the whole question of our African roots.

Amiri Baraka

The Ninja Turtles made me who I am today in a big way. It was my favorite show as a kid. It got me into meditation, martial arts, speed boarding, and generally like the positive person that I am today is because of the Turtles.

Greg Cipes

Congolese rumba was so huge in Africa that everybody was inspired by it. But my African roots brought me this music. In every African family, parties in Brussels, we used to listen to this kind of music. And salsa music as well.

Stromae

Ethiopia always has a special place in my imagination and the prospect of visiting Ethiopia attracted me more strongly than a trip to France, England, and America combined. I felt I would be visiting my own genesis, unearthing the roots of what made me an African.

Nelson Mandela

The reason why Botswana has done very well is because it's the only black African country which went back to its roots and built upon its own indigenous institutions.

George Ayittey

My mum hates the fact that I fight. My sisters hate it, too, but they understand that boxing gave me a way out. It saved me. It made me someone. It made me the person I am today, mentally and physically.

Dillian Whyte

I am a fan of today's sound as long as we don't get too slick, and yet I am very reverent of my roots.

Wynonna Judd

My background has made me the person I am today. It's made me a mentally and physically tough guy.

Teddy Bridgewater

One of the things that made the Black Muslim movement grow was its emphasis upon things African. This was the secret to the growth of the Black Muslim movement. African blood, African origin, African culture, African ties. And you'd be surprised - we discovered that deep within the subconscious of the black man in this country, he is still more African than he is American.