Root Quotes

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After reaching 50, I began to wonder what the root of life is. — Yo-Yo Ma
For me, one of the major reasons to move beyond just the planting of trees was that I have tendency to look at the causes… — Wangari Maathai
Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue, where patience, honor, sweet humility, and calm fortitude, take root and strongly flourish. — David Mallet
I went to film school so I have a writing and directing background, and I think a lot of the material I'm interested in writing… — Danny McBride
The root of the evil is not the construction of new, more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest. — Ludwig von Mises
My very addictive personality and all sorts of strongholds are a thing of the past for me. Yet at the root of every single one… — Beth Moore
Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot. — Thomas Moore
Mere humans who root through their refrigerators at three o'clock in the morning can only produce writing that matches what they do. And that includes… — Haruki Murakami
Let me be very clear: We monitor the risks of violent extremism taking root here in the United States. We don't have the luxury of… — Janet Napolitano
Christianity is the root of all democracy, the highest fact in the rights of men. — Novalis
We are all regionalists in our origins, however 'universal' our themes and characters, and without our cherished hometowns and childhood landscapes to nourish us, we… — Joyce Carol Oates
The only way you will ever permanently take control of your financial life is to dig deep and fix the root problem. — Suze Orman
Imagination is at the root of much that passes for love. — Gilbert Parker
A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers,… — C. Northcote Parkinson
I was kind of surprised to learn how controlling I am. I never thought of myself in that way. I think the root of the… — Michelle Pfeiffer
The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education. — Plutarch
The intelligence of the creature known as a crowd, is the square root of the number of people in it. — Terry Pratchett
So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money? — Ayn Rand
Start-ups make so many mistakes that the challenge to identify the root cause of a failure is tough. But believing in your own plan is… — Eric Ries
A thing that happens to migrants is that they lose many of the traditional things which root identity, which root the self. — Salman Rushdie

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