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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 May 30, 2021
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love music, that it changes so much, but I also want to keep a bit of the country roots to make it country. I don't want to go too far away from it, or I would do pop music.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
A big shop in Manhattan would feel like we were betraying our roots. And we're not just going to open a bunch of stores.
- Envious
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm always envious of the actors who get to come to work every day and really grow deep roots there, but it is really fun playing lots of different characters.
- Grass
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've also gotten to play in front of a million people in Central Park when there was a grass roots movement calling for nuclear disarmament - it was about 1982 - they called it Peace Sunday.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Donde Estaras,' it is like a classic reggaeton, and we just added some Southern spice to bring it to 2018. But I wanted to go back to the roots of reggaeton, that type of reggaeton that makes you just feel good. You don't know what we are saying but that OK because 'Donde Estas' is where are you at but 'Donde Estaras' is where are you going to be.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm gonna be real everywhere I go, but I'm with my people, I'm connected to my roots - I'm in my country! I don't need to live somewhere else.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
A poet must be a psychologist, but a secret one: he should know and feel the roots of phenomena but present only the phenomena themselves in full bloom or as they fade away.
- Deep
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- Nov 07, 2020
The cinema is an institution nowadays, with its roots sunk deep in the hearts of the millions of people who find enjoyment and entertainment in going to the pictures.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
Urdu can not die out because it has very strong roots in Persia. The language itself is not only just the language of the Muslims, but it's also the language of the Hindus.
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up playing the drums, I idolised Questlove from an early age. 'Phrenology' was the first Roots record that I ever heard, and that was like my introduction to hip hop.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first game was against India and while my roots will always be Indian I was born in England and wanted to represent them.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
Two prominent terms, 'Latino' and 'Hispanic,' refer to people living in the United States who have roots in Latin America, Spain, Mexico, South America, or Spanish-speaking Caribbean countries.
- Lasting
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- Nov 07, 2020