Roots Quotes
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Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
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I have a very musical family from my Scottish roots.
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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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Acquaintances we meet, enjoy, and can easily leave behind; but friendship grows deep roots.
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Take seriously the traditions, the Christian roots, and all the values that are the basis of the civilisation of Europe.
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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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When I'd go to Israel, I felt like a tourist. My social and professional ties had started to dissolve, and it confused me. I didn't know whether I should stay here in Paris or go back to Israel, or even cut off all my ties with Israel so I could really plant roots here. Or maybe go somewhere else altogether.
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Everyone knows what their roots are, but you've got to explore everywhere. You've got to explore the sky too.
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I'd definitely be up for 'EastEnders.' Just the same as I would if 'Coronation Street' was offered. Either way, it would be like going back to my roots.
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That the caste system must be abolished if the Hindu society is to be reconstructed on the basis of equality, goes without saying. Untouchability has its roots in the caste system. They cannot expect the Brahmins to rise in revolt against the caste system. Also we cannot rely upon the non-Brahmins and ask them to fight our battle.
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Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but be corrupt.
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Why doesn't constant trampling defeat the dandelion? The key to its strength is its long and sturdy root, which extends deep into the earth. The same priciple applies to people. The true victors in life are those who, enduring repeated challenges and setbacks, have sent the roots of their being to such a depth that nothing can shake them.
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The grass roots are energized because the absolutely highest priority in the country in November is to defeat Barack Obama. I have spoken with literally thousands and thousands of tea-party activists - I have yet to meet a single tea-party leader that is not going to vote for Mitt Romney.
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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've never hidden the fact that I'm Jamaican; I will never disown my roots or influences.
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Speak the truth, and all things alive or brute are vouchers, and the very roots of the grass underground there, do seem to stir and move to bear you witness.
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Fame is a distraction sometimes. You know, it's a distraction if you let it. So it's very important to stay focused, stay very connected to your roots.
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My roots are more in he Beatles, Zeppelin, the whole 60's side.
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We mustn't hesitate to cut corruption at its roots.
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I shampoo every other day and only do the roots. I can't shampoo all the way down to the end, because it will dry my hair out. I use a mask multiple times a week to restore moisture.
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A lasting architecture has to have roots.
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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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Being someone with Latin roots, so many doors are constantly closed for you because people put you in a category, and the thing I've always wanted to avoid is categorisation.
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I was always looking for evidence of these common musical roots, but I was too young to know that what I was doing was called ethnomusicology.
