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.Virginia Woolf
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.
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem -
The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.
D. H. Lawrence -
I think your teenage years define your musical roots forever. You're always looking for a theme for your high school years.
Patrick Wilson -
My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly.
Harland Williams -
I have deep roots in this Oklahoma soil. It makes me proud.
N. Scott Momaday -
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.
Orson Welles
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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.
Camila Alves -
The one thing that's going to get you through this business is having strong roots, being grounded and knowing what is true.
Sally Hawkins -
I'm not frightened about terrorism. I'm frightened about the roots of what we call terrorism.
Mandy Patinkin -
You can't hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree. You can't hate Africa and not hate yourself.
Malcolm X -
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.
Xavier Rudd -
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?
Kate Bush
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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.
F. Sionil Jose -
We mustn't hesitate to cut corruption at its roots.
Felipe VI of Spain -
I've gotta stick to my roots, and my roots are blues.
Barbara Lynn -
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.
V. S. Naipaul -
I'm still true to my Southern roots.
Randy Jackson Breakfast Club -
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.
Abdul Qadeer Khan
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Why then should money be blamed for all the dirt and crimes it causes? For is love less filthy -- love which creates life?
Emile Zola -
Bitter are the roots of study, but how sweet their fruit.
Cato the Younger -
George Washington understood that the Bible is the place where God's records of right and wrong are kept.
Randall Terry -
And the colors take me down It's no reason to be sad And you leave without a sound It's no reason to be glad...
Steve Kilbey The Church -
I'm writing the book to a children's musical. I got a note from the producers saying, "Can't you make it campier?" So now, I'm trying to determine the camp sensibility of the average eight year old.
Charles Busch -
The root of things, what they were all afraid of saying, was that happiness is dirt cheap. You can have it for nothing. Beauty.
Virginia Woolf