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Roots Quotes

I grew up all over the world. My father was in the army and was posted to a new place every two and a half years. I have no geographical roots.

Juliet Stevenson

Father Roots World Army Place New

I'm like a tree. My leaves might change color, but my roots are the same.

Change Tree Roots Color Same Like

There are many people still ashamed of their roots because of the negative connotations that come with being an 'African.' That sentiment exists many places around the world - in England, in the U.S., everywhere.

People Roots World Negative Places

I was always drawn to gospel music and the roots of African-American music. It's the foundation of rock and roll.

Music Roots Foundation Rock And Roll

Novels are the means by which we can escape the moment we are imprisoned in, but at the same time, the roots of a novel are in the world in which it is written. We write, and we read, to understand the world we live in.

Romesh Gunesekera

Live Time Moment Roots World Escape

Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society.

Good Marriage Roots Society Without

You can have more than one home. You can carry your roots with you, and decide where they grow.

Henning Mankell

Home Roots Grow You More Decide

I don't think, to be a traveler, you have to reject setting roots up.

Roots Think You Up Traveler Setting

The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.

Best Achievement Lie Roots You True

Letting the tundra melt is the equivalent to burning all of the forests in all of the world and their roots two and a half times over.

George M. Church

Roots World Two Over Half Melt

Rebellion has its roots in government's indifference and incompetence.

Government Roots Rebellion

Ideas must counter ideas. You can drop all the bombs you want, but if you don't pull up weeds by their roots, they just grow back.

Ideas Roots Grow You Back Want

Baseball may be our national pastime, but the age-old tradition of taking a swing at Congress is a sport with even deeper historical roots in the American experience. Since the founding of our country, citizens from Ben Franklin to David Letterman have made fun of their elected officials.

Experience Baseball Fun Roots Swing

There is beauty in our roots. Sometimes we think our roots are shameful, and people tell you that you're no good or your ancestors are no good or that you come from a neighborhood of no hope and terrible crime. But it's about the beauty of those places, and I carry that with me.

Luis Alberto Urrea

Good Beauty Hope People Me Roots

We mustn't hesitate to cut corruption at its roots.

Felipe VI of Spain

Roots Corruption Cut Hesitate

I'm drawn to New England because that's where my roots are, and I miss it. I come from many generations of New Englanders, and so, in my writing, I've been drawn back there to the landscape and the light and the type of personality that's revealed.

Elizabeth Strout

Light Personality Roots Writing Back

When you have your own kid, it suddenly makes you more aware of how your parents treated you and educated you. Your relationships with your partner, your uncles, your mother all change; you're more conscious of where you came from, of where your roots are. I find that very interesting.

Change Mother Parents Roots Partner

Popular culture - above all rock 'n' roll, with its African-American R & B roots - did far more to radicalize us than did any feminist leader.

Leader Culture Roots Rock More Us

Somebody said something funny to me the other day. They said, 'Wolper, until two weeks ago, your tombstone was going to say, 'David Wolper, the man who produced 'Roots.' I think the tombstone now has a new inscription. It's going to be 'David Wolper, the man who produced the opening ceremony of the 1984 Olympics.'

David L. Wolper

Funny Day Man Me Roots Think

We cannot have the fruits of the gospel without its roots.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Roots Without Cannot Fruits Gospel

Let us not forget, the financial crisis had its roots in the decision by Congress to embark on a course of social justice to get everyone that wanted a home into one, regardless of whether or not they could afford it.

Home Justice Decision Roots Forget

I've said in the primary race repeatedly that a Labour Party that I lead would be a true red Labour Party, be very clear about its social democratic roots and its social democratic agenda.

Red Roots Party Said True Race

The Almighty has plans for us to make a place so we can go on and make a difference. It all has to do with my faith; I am deeply religious. It goes back to my roots, to my mom and my dad.

Dikembe Mutombo

Faith I Am Mom Roots Back Place

My roots have never left me... because the very first memory I have is my mom singing and me singing with her.

Memory Me Mom Roots Singing Never

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