"At first, it's unfamiliar, then it strikes root." — Fernando Pessoa

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• Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western… — Karen Armstrong
• During my lifetime, I realized that discrimination was not accidental, that there were structural roots and causes to it. So… — Michelle Bachelet
• The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. — Francis Bacon
• Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by… — James A. Baldwin
• Freud's view is that all love is sexual in its origin or its basis. Even those loves which do not… — Mortimer Adler
• As far as Beau is concerned, we're on the same team, we root for each other. If my parts are… — Jeff Bridges
• Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on… — Louisa May Alcott
• Acting is always at the core of my life, but I'm also excited about producing. I'm excited about directing, and… — Nicolas Cage
• It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is… — Samuel Butler
• Good science fiction is intelligent. It asks big questions that are on people's minds. It's not impossible. It has some… — Nicolas Cage
• To seek the timeless way we must first know the quality without a name. There is a central quality which… — Christopher Alexander
• Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater. — George Washington Carver

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