Roots Quotes

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I came out of independent film, that's my roots. — Nicolas Cage
Good science fiction is intelligent. It asks big questions that are on people's minds. It's not impossible. It has some sort of root in the… — Nicolas Cage
To seek the timeless way we must first know the quality without a name. There is a central quality which is the root criterion of… — Christopher Alexander
Anyone who knows anything about me knows that I am a very patriotic guy, in terms of my Scottishness and my roots. — Robert Carlyle
Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater. — George Washington Carver
He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard… — Chanakya
My music had roots which I'd dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil. — Ray Charles
A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without affecting the flower. A conservative generally meant a man… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots. — Frank A. Clark
Roots are not in landscape or a country, or a people, they are inside you. — Isabel Allende
Much thought has at its root a dissatisfaction with what is. Wanting is the urge for the next moment to contain what this moment does… — Stephen Levine
These fiery trials are designed to make you stronger, but they have the potential to diminish or even destroy your trust in the Son of… — Neil L. Andersen
Thus it is that "Some things are increased by being diminished, others are diminished by being increased." What others have taught, I also teach; verily,… — Laozi
There is a lovely root to the word humiliation - from the latin word humus, meaning soil or ground. When we are humiliated, we are… — David Whyte
Immigrant families have integrated themselves into our communities, establishing deep roots. Whenever they have settled, they have made lasting contributions to the economic vitality and… — Edward Kennedy
Day after day we looked for rain, and day after day we saw nothing but the sun. Lavender that we had planted in the spring… — Peter Mayle
Compassion and love is the source of external and internal peace and is also the root of racial survival. — Dalai Lama
The word "question" originates from the Latin root, quaestio, which means "to seek." Inside the word "question" is the word "quest," suggesting that within every… — Tom Wujec
For Europe, the fall of Communism has to be taken into account, and the fact that in the fight against Communism the recovery of Europe's… — Rocco Buttiglione

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