I am trying to stay away from this position of me "returning to my roots." As if my roots are that I'm… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
When Buddhists say, "A bodhisattva fears not the result, but only the cause," they mean that we must expend the bulk of… — Hsing Yun Copy Share Image
My introduction of Whitney was that if there's going to be one performer for the next generation who combined the beauty and… — Clive Davis Copy Share Image
Fame is a distraction sometimes. You know, it's a distraction if you let it. So it's very important to stay focused, stay… — OMI Copy Share Image
When ownership is local and national, and various stakeholders work together, program innovations have a greater chance to take root and survive. — Ruth Simmons Copy Share Image
The word "education" comes from the root e from ex, out, and duco, I lead. It means a leading out. To me… — Muriel Spark Copy Share Image
But a lot of my training can be done in Aston - a lot of the hard work, so to speak. But… — Elvis Stojko Copy Share Image
We must win the common people in every corner. This will be obtained chiefly by means of the schools, and by open,… — Adam Weishaupt Copy Share Image
Imagine a smashed stained-glass window, a page torn from a Bible, or a snippet of choral singing. You would still recognize their… — Martin Lindstrom Copy Share Image
That this subject [of imaginary magnitudes] has hitherto been considered from the wrong point of view and surrounded by a mysterious obscurity,… — Carl Friedrich Gauss Copy Share Image
“Some species of trees spread root systems underground that interconnect the individual trunks and weave the individual trees into a more stable… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
More than any other place, New York is where I felt I belonged. I prefer the Lower East Side to any place… — Jeff Buckley Copy Share Image
With me, illusions are bound to be shattered. I am here to shatter all illusions. Yes, it will irritate you, it will… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I do believe in simplicity. It is astonishing as well as sad, how many trivial affairs even the wisest thinks he must… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Shut your eyes, wait, think of nothing. Now, open them ... one sees nothing but a great coloured undulation. What then? An… — Paul Cezanne Copy Share Image
“This is my prayer to thee, my lord - strike, strike at the root of penury in my heart. Give me the… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
I'm proud of my Ivorian roots and know how much football means to the people over there. The thought of using the… — Serge Gnabry Copy Share Image
They [President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton] have said that everybody should root for the success of President-Elect [Donald] Trump, but what… — George Stephanopoulos Copy Share Image
I've always tried to keep in mind that I'm in grass-roots country and I'm grass-roots-born and -reared. I don't use the so-called… — Jack Brickhouse Copy Share Image
My parents have always been very concerned of making sure we know who we are and where we come from. I have… — Dilshad Vadsaria Copy Share Image
You can't have the fruits without the roots. It's the principle of sequencing: Private Victories proceed Public Victories. Self-mastery and self-discipline are… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Designing a tour is a daily thing. I work on it every day for several months. I’m involved with every department, from… — Shania Twain Copy Share Image
Obama has little or nothing to do with the civil-rights movement. His roots are in Kenya, and he is shaped far more… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
Every small problem most likely stems from the same root as large problems, and so there is no need to always go… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Traditions are our roots and a profile of who we are as individuals and who we are as a family. They are… — Lidia Bastianich Copy Share Image
Sometimes thinking back on things is a mistake arising out of pride, but I guess you live inside a moment for years,… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
To live is to have worries and uncertainties. Keep them inside, and they will destroy you for certain--leaving behind a person so… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Perhaps the old monks were right when they tried to root love out; perhaps the poets are right when they try to… — Olive Schreiner Copy Share Image
'Roots' touches so many people and once you start realizing that, you realize that it has touched an immense amount of people… — Rege-Jean Page Copy Share Image
I think in the future we need to look at our youth department to provide more players for the first team think… — Arsene Wenger Copy Share Image
As things stand now the feudal lords are content to look on while the shogunate carries on in a highhanded manner. Neither… — Yoshida Shoin Copy Share Image
As a Swiss-Italian who has always worked for foreign banks, there was clearly an element of pride going back to my roots… — Sergio Ermotti Copy Share Image
A writer is nothing but a gray dirt-covered root. The works he sends up into the sunlight are his fruits, and only… — Herman Wouk Copy Share Image
Over-population is the 'cause of drive-by shootings' and other social ills, but the root of the problem is Christianity, which posits that… — Ted Turner Copy Share Image
Holly Black is the Real Thing: a gifted writer with a solid grounding in what matters. Her stories are dark and splendid… — Ellen Kushner Copy Share Image
If you study your own struggles, the struggles of others, even in movies or novels you'll see the root of all their… — Yasmin Mogahed Copy Share Image
For still the new transcends the old In signs and tokens manifold; Slaves rise up men; the olive waves, With roots deep… — John Greenleaf Whittier Copy Share Image
Fear of being a flawed person lay at the root of my trance, and I had sacrificed many moments over the years… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
I'd definitely be up for 'EastEnders.' Just the same as I would if 'Coronation Street' was offered. Either way, it would be… — Jack Wild Copy Share Image
Religion is not knowledge. Religion is love. The word 'religion' comes from a root which means binding together - falling into love,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image