Virginia Woolf Quotes
The root of things, what they were all afraid of saying, was that happiness is dirt cheap. You can have it for nothing. Beauty.
Quotes to Explore
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I feel totally French – I don't feel half-French because of my dual nationality. For me, dual nationality just means I don't deny my roots.
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The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.
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I think your teenage years define your musical roots forever. You're always looking for a theme for your high school years.
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My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly.
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I have deep roots in this Oklahoma soil. It makes me proud.
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Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions.
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Most of my family doesn't speak English. It's so important for the baby. He's going to know all his American roots, but he also needs to know about his Brazilian side.
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The one thing that's going to get you through this business is having strong roots, being grounded and knowing what is true.
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I'm not frightened about terrorism. I'm frightened about the roots of what we call terrorism.
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You can't hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree. You can't hate Africa and not hate yourself.
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I have Aboriginal roots on my father's side, and have always indentified with that spirit. I feel a lot of my music comes from that place.
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It's not that I don't like American pop; I'm a huge admirer of it, but I think my roots came from a very English and Irish base. Is it all sort of totally non-American sounding, do you think?
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As artists, we must not go down to the level of the masa; we should bring them up, intellectualize our languages, create classics out of our folk arts. We can do this if we are true to our roots and strive for excellence.
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We mustn't hesitate to cut corruption at its roots.
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I've gotta stick to my roots, and my roots are blues.
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I became very interested in the Islamic question, and thought I would try to understand it from the roots, ask very simple questions and somehow make a narrative of that discovery.
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I'm still true to my Southern roots.
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Hatred, intolerance, poor hygienic conditions and violence all have roots in illiteracy, so we're trying to do something to help the poor and the needy.
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I actually washed my window once, and it fell through - it was being held together by the dirt.
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The roots of tobacco plants must go clear through to hell. Satan's principal agent Dyspepsia must have charge of this branch of the vegetable kingdom.
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Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin.
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The first five albums I did, I tried a little bit of everything. I was trying not to conform at all.
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I made a terrible mistake last Christmas. My wife made me swear that I wouldn't give her a fancy gift. And I didn't.
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The root of things, what they were all afraid of saying, was that happiness is dirt cheap. You can have it for nothing. Beauty.
