- 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 May 30, 2021
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't dismiss my roots as a kid growing up during the Great Depression in the ordinary midwestern town of Grand Rapids, Michigan. From the standpoint of money and material possessions, we were barely scraping by.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I kind of have found my identity through the music, through the roots music of North Carolina, and kind of realized that that's my identity as a North Carolinian.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was impressed by a program called New Roots, which helps women refugees from countries in conflict to start new lives in the U.S. by farming. They are trained in a four-year program, at the end of which New Roots helps them find their own land to farm and live on.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always said that to get India stronger, first strengthen its roots, and all our roots are our country's interiors, rural areas, and villages.
- Southern
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm still true to my Southern roots.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
A woman always has her man, but the man unconsciously leans on his roots, his heritage. He feels like an orphan without his parents.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every year we go to Shirali, which is between Murudeshwar and Bhatkal. We have our roots there. The most special part of the trip is visiting the Shri Chitrapur Math.
- Drawing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want the 'Roots' biopic to be animated - I see Charles Schulz drawing us. I think it would be more hilarious with the voices of children.
- Medicine
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Roots know how to give their audience some medicine without them even realizing it.
- Factors
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must understand the factors that cause fragility, violence, and conflict in order to develop solutions that will meaningfully reduce instability at its roots rather than merely addressing the symptoms.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020