Roots Quotes
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I think it was that we were really seasoned musicians. We had serious roots that spanned different cultures, obviously the blues.
Jimmy Page Led Zeppelin -
Being the governor of a state is a more pivotal job in the future. I do indeed hope there's someone that says, "I'm going to go to Washington, try to get back to our constitutional roots, devolve the centralization of government back to the states." So why would you want to be up there if the action is down here in the states?
Rick Perry
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I go stay a week in these little towns that don't have an art outlet and... go to the schools and play some of the old Texas music, sort of 'go through the Texas country roots' is what they call it.
Johnny Gimble -
The blues will always be because the blues are the roots of all American music.
Willie Dixon -
Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots.
Rumi -
That's American English for you: more roots than a mangrove swamp.
Roy Blount, Jr. -
Black Power simply means: Look at me, I'm here. I have dignity. I have pride. I have roots. I insist, I demand that I participate in those decisions that affect my life and the lives of my children. It means that I am somebody.
Whitney M. Young -
The fans in Canada have been there since day one. They're the originals. When people say that's your roots, that's literally my roots. I've just cut this tree off and replanted it somewhere else and it started growing, but the roots are still here.
Russell Peters
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The person who said money is the root of all evil just flat out didn't have any.
Stuart Wilde -
The stories strike a chord deep within us, ... They take us back home, back to our roots.
Bob Myers -
Secrets...are the very root of cool.
William Gibson -
Ideas are the roots of creation.
Ernest Dimnet -
Linux doesn't have IP roots.
Darl McBride -
I understand people want to hold on to their roots.
Mariah Carey
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I've been working a lot with identity and roots, being part of your roots. I went into this topic where I was trying to break the stereotype of Arabic language. The non-translation work, this is where I make the switch, where you don't need to translate.
eL Seed -
God bless the roots! Body and soul are one.
Theodore Roethke -
Ever since I watched 'Roots,' I've dreamed of tracing my African ancestry and helping other people do the same.
Henry Louis Gates -
Civilization has its roots in the soil.
Charles Kellogg -
I suppose that if I could only do one thing, a solid card effect would be pretty high on the list. That's the root of it all, sleight-of-hand. It's certainly the thing I feel most comfortable with.
Ricky Jay -
It is because my roots are so strong that I can fly.
Mira Nair
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It was an identity crisis. I was born and raised in France, but I never really felt French, so I needed to find something that I was more connected to. I used to go back to Tunisia every summer, but I was more into the language, my Arabic roots.
eL Seed -
If not for the Tea Party, the Republican Party would not be coming back to its roots.
Richard Mourdock -
The roots and herbes beaten and put into new ale or beer and daily drunk, cleareth, strengtheneth and quickeneth the sight of the eyes.
Nicholas Culpeper -
Fear is the root of all courage.
Vivian Stanshall