Roots Quotes

1850 Roots quotes by 1361 unique authors

The native music of North America, the original-roots music of this country, is also the underworld music of this country. — Robbie Robertson
In taking Dell private, we plan to go back to our roots, focusing on the entrepreneurial spirit that made Dell one of the fastest-growing and… — Michael Dell
The Arab spring was not as radical as the French or Iranian revolutions. It did not pull out the deeply entrenched roots of the state.… — Wadah Khanfar
Not many countries establish a prize for peace. The Seoul Peace Prize has its roots in the 1988 Summer Olympics when this country opened its… — Ban Ki-moon
Mother Earth needs us to keep our covenant. We will do this in courts, we will do this on our radio station, and we will… — Winona LaDuke
Food for us comes from our relatives, whether they have wings or fins or roots. That is how we consider food. Food has a culture.… — Winona LaDuke
We cannot have the fruits of the gospel without its roots. — Joseph B. Wirthlin
Internet companies created the social-media tools that fueled the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street insurgencies, and that have helped political candidates rally grass-roots support. — Rebecca MacKinnon
Search is now more than a web destination and a few words plugged into a box. Search is a mode, a method of interaction with… — John Battelle
Nineteenth-century grass-roots populism made twentieth-century progressivism possible. — Jill Lepore
Today we take New England clam chowder as something traditional that makes our roots as American cooking very solid, with a lot of foundation. But… — Jose Andres Puerta
It is very disappointing to see the Punjabi music scene of today. The lyrical quality has deteriorated; it is only people like Sartaaj and Gurdas… — Harbhajan Singh
The roots of Silicon Valley are full of stories of immigrants and minority groups who experienced bigotry and made it anyway. Why should women be… — Sarah Lacy
The roots of our statehood go back more than two millennia and two centuries to the origins of the Hun Empire. Building upon the legacies… — Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
What cultural revolutionaries do not seem to grasp is that, far from being a grass-roots art form that has been taken over by businessmen, rock… — Ellen Willis
Exploitation was rampant before statehood, and various factions actively tried to eradicate the roots of Hawaiian culture in the process of converting the natives to… — Todd Rundgren
Loyalty to the true, core values and roots of democracy is what makes a true patriot, not loyalty to a symbol of the country. — Cindy Sheehan
We must draw on our early roots and remind people why the Labour party was created and who it sought to represent. We have never… — David Blunkett
Although the French appellation system has its roots in the 1923 system created in Chateauneuf-du-Pape by Baron Le Roy, proprietor of the renowned Chateau Fortia,… — Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Being an American is a state of mind, and to be in a family is to feel the power of belonging, the power of your… — Esai Morales

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