- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
Roots Quotes
Where people come from, and what pulls them back.
These quotes describe roots as both a personal foundation - stand-up comedy as one performer's origin story - and a cultural tie worth revisiting, like returning to a hometown left behind to reconnect with its people. See Family quotes for related themes.
- Last Updated on Aug 03, 2026
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
My roots are in classical music and jazz, and I want the freedom of being able to improvise. This freedom is possible only in a live concert.
- Here
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always consider myself a Hyderabadi; my roots are here.
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was eight when I left Sarajevo, so I didn't really know very much about my culture and it was so important for me to go back to my roots and meet the people.
- Really
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can't really run from your roots.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a fan of today's sound as long as we don't get too slick, and yet I am very reverent of my roots.
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nobody roots for Goliath.
- Catholic
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- Nov 07, 2020
What we're about is a manifestation of the Catholic roots of Boston College.
- Dangerous
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- Nov 07, 2020
Idealistic reformers are dangerous because their idealism has no roots in love, but is simply a hysterical and unbalanced rage for order amidst their own chaos.
- Movie
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- Nov 07, 2020