- Music
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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 May 30, 2021
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel totally French - I don't feel half-French because of my dual nationality. For me, dual nationality just means I don't deny my roots.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have deep roots in this Oklahoma soil. It makes me proud.
- Nov 07, 2020
I am completely attached to my roots, and therefore you will see a Pahadi touch in all my albums.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I moved to Europe and was able to take time and really explore who I was and who I wanted to be. I needed that time for myself to really do that self-exploration and get back in touch with my roots.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
Maybe if I go far enough back into my ancestry, I have African roots or something. I've got no idea.
- Discrimination
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- Nov 07, 2020
During my lifetime, I realized that discrimination was not accidental, that there were structural roots and causes to it. So if we wanted to change women's lives, we need to deal with those root causes.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first thing I feel like we have the potential to do is to deliver to consumers more roots to their home.
- Entrepreneurial Spirit
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- Nov 07, 2020
In taking Dell private, we plan to go back to our roots, focusing on the entrepreneurial spirit that made Dell one of the fastest-growing and most successful companies in history.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody nowadays rhymes, but out of the people that really, really do it well, it's still a small community of artists. We all tend to be in the same circles - people like my Wu-Tang brothers, or Black Thought from The Roots.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of names in America and Europe have their roots in Latin and Greek words. A lot of them go back to archetypes and their stories.
- Brother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My brother loves this country deeply. He has laid down roots, and he has always been incredibly patriotic and committed to this country.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have felt like a 'juventino' since I set foot here. Here, you have 12 million supporters; everyone else has their team and then roots against us.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020