It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors. plutarch
All my life I believed I became an athlete through my own determination, but it's impossible to think that being descended from slaves hasn't left an imprint through the generations. Michael Johnson
All my life I believed I became an athlete through my own determination, but it's impossible to think that being descended from slaves hasn't left an imprint through the generations. Difficult as it was to hear, slavery has benefited descendants like me - I believe there is a superior athletic gene in us. Michael Johnson
From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Winston churchill
I fell in love with Rwanda the moment I saw those verdant, rolling hills rise up beneath the wings of the plane as we descended toward Kigali airport. Naomi Benaron