All writers have roots they draw from - travel, work…

Like most filmmakers and writers, there are roots in my own life, but they are stories that I invent. There was a period of…

— Philippe Garrel

I have deep family roots in Western Kentucky.

— Andy Beshear

I'm still blue collar in my heart. It comes from strong Long Island family roots.

— Jim Breuer

I'm a Puerto Rican woman whose family has roots in Regla de Ocha, also known as Santeria.

— Princess Nokia

Since we've come to Charlotte, we very quickly realized that this is home. This community quickly embraced our family, so we put down roots…

— Greg Olsen

The fact of leaving one's country, one's family, one's roots, can be painful. My father had already found his place, but for us, for…

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

“To every Old World belief, habit, or tradition, there was and still is a technological alternative. To prayer, the alternative is penicillin; to family…

— Neil Postman

I grew up in Florida in different cities. I was born in Mississippi. My parents moved a lot, so I moved to Tennessee, Alabama,…

— Diplo

I'm thinking, 'Man, there's this whole other group of people that are attached to me because of my last name and my family's roots.'…

— Mark Sanchez

I am a first-generation college graduate, and I'm proud to say that most of my other siblings have college degrees as well. Our parents…

— Oscar Munoz

I love Cleveland, and I love going back home. That's where my family is. That's where my roots are.

— Kym Whitley

“We are a family whose roots are more like aerials. We pick up signals from the air around us - ideas, affinities, tastes, coordinates.…

— Hari Kunzru

“Before I officially began the journey to dig deeper into my food and family roots, I was racking up an internal encyclopedia about other…

— Michael W. Twitty

I never, by any regard, ever denied any part of my family roots.

— Carlene Carter

For more than 300 years Qawwali music and Sufism have been deeply anchored in my family's roots and we spread it around to the public.

— Rahat Fateh Ali Khan