Roots Quotes - Page 25

• Whereas fanatic is usually a pejorative word, a Fan is someone who has roots somewhere.

  Simon Kuper

  Soccer, Fans, Fanatics

  "Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Spain, Germany, and Brazil Win, and Why the US, Japan, Australia, TurkeyÑand Even IraqÑAre Destined to Become the Kings of the WorldÕs Most Popular Sport". Book by Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski, August 6, 2009.

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• We have bloated bureaucracies in Corporate America. The root of the problem is the absence of real corporate democracy.

  Carl Icahn

  Real, America, Democracy

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• Family is the root of all that is good in our lives, and I am so grateful for mine.

  Ivana Trump

  Life, Family, Grateful

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• The frying pan you should give to your enemy. Food should not be prepared in fat. Our bodies are adapted to a stone age diet of roots and vegetables.

  Denis Parsons Burkitt

  Science, Vegetables, Giving

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• Why do trees conceal the splendor of their roots?

  Pablo Neruda

  Tree, Splendor

  Pablo Neruda (1991). “The book of questions”, Copper Canyon Pr

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• Dig deep into your heart, where the answer spreads its roots in your being, and ask yourself solemnly, Must I write?

  Rainer Maria Rilke

  Writing, Heart, Answers

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• The seed of a tree has the nature of a branch or twig or bud. It is a part of the tree, but if separated and set in the earth to be better nourished, the embryo or young tree contained in it takes root and grows into a new tree.

  Isaac Newton

  Tree, Bud, Earth

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• Do we root for Michael Corleone in the 'Godfather' films? I think so, even if he is a monster.

  Jacques Audiard

  Thinking, Monsters, Film

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• Our destiny and ultimate fate depend upon our daily decisions. . . .Tomorrow's joy or tomorrow's despair has its roots in decisions we make today. . . . Those who stand at the threshold of life always waiting for the right time to change are like the man who stands at the bank of a river waiting for the water to pass so he can cross on dry land.

  Joseph B. Wirthlin

  Fate, Destiny, Men

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• Parents must bring light and truth into their homes by one family prayer, one scripture study session, one family home evening, one book read aloud, one song, and one family meal at a time. They know that the influence of righteous, conscientious, persistent, daily parenting is among the most powerful and sustaining forces for good in the world. The health of any society, the happiness of its people, their prosperity, and their peace all find common roots in the teaching of children in the home.

  L. Tom Perry

  Song, Prayer, Children

  "Mothers Teaching Children in the Home". General Conference, www.lds.org. April 2010.

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• Christianity is the very root and foundation of Western civilization.

  Dinesh D'Souza

  Civilization, Foundation, Christianity

  Dinesh D'Souza (2008). “What's So Great about Christianity”, Tyndale House Pub

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• Whatis the root of all these words?
  One thing: Love.
  But a love so deep and sweet it needed to express itself with scents, sounds, colors that never before existed.

  Hafez

  Sweet, Color, Sound

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• Doctrine once sown strikes deep its root, and respect for antiquity influences all men.

  William Harvey

  Men, Doctrine, Influence

  William Harvey, Edward Jenner (2010). “Scientific Papers: Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology”, p.106, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Everything that came later... the roots are all there in the first album.

  Jimmy Page

  Albums, Firsts

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• You'll never make your mark as a writer unless you develop a respect for words and a curiosity about their shades of meaning that is almost obsessive. The English language is rich in strong and supple words. Take the time to root around and find the ones you want

  William Zinsser

  Strong, Curiosity, Want

  William Zinsser (2012). “On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction”, p.32, Harper Collins

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• The only form of revolution beneficial to the people is one which destroys the entire state to the roots and exterminates all the state traditions, institutions and classes…. Day and night [the revolutionary] must have but one thought, one aim – merciless destruction…for him morality is everything which contributes to the triumph of the revolution. Immoral and criminal is everything that stands in its way.

  Sergey Nechayev

  Night, Class, People

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• The economic and political roots of the conflicts are too strong. Nor can it pretend to create a lasting state of harmonious understanding between men.

  Alva Myrdal

  Strong, Men, Political

  Alva Myrdal's Nobel Lecture in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1982.

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• There is a means to every end. A root to any cause. Sometimes the root is more evil than any cause, though it's the cause that is usually most vilified.

  Michael Connelly

  Mean, Evil, Causes

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• But we wish to give the Jews a Homeland. Not by dragging them ruthlessly out of their sustaining soil, but rather by removing them carefully, roots and all, to a better terrain.

  Theodor Herzl

  Giving, Wish, Soil

  Theodor Herzl (1960). “Herzl Speaks His Mind on Issues, Events, and Men”

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• The things we truly love, the things forming the basis and roots of our being, are generally things we never look at. A huge piece of carpeting, empty and naked plains, silent and uninterrupted stretches with nothing to alter the homogeneity of their continuity. I love wide, homogenous worlds, unstaked, unlimited like the sea, like high snows, deserts, and steppes.

  Jean Dubuffet

  Sea, Snow, Naked

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• What the genetic epistemology proposes is discovering the roots of the different varieties of knowledge, since its elementary forms, following to the next levels, including also the scientific knowledge.

  Jean Piaget

  Different, Next Level, Levels

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• The desire for a nonviolent and cooperative world is the healthiest of all psychological manifestations. This is the overarching principle of liberation and revolution. Undoubtedly, it seems the highest order of contradiction that, in order to achieve nonviolence, we must first break with it in overcoming its root causes. Therein lies our only hope.

  Ward Churchill

  Lying, Order, Desire

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• There may be women to emerge who will be able to formulate a new and possible concept that homosexual persecution and condemnation has at its roots not only social ignorance, but a philosophically active anti-feminist dogma.

  Lorraine Hansberry

  Ignorance, Feminist, May

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• Religion is the fear of God, and its demonstration good works; and faith is the root of both: For without faith we cannot please God; nor can we fear what we do not believe.

  William Penn

  Believe, Good Work, Demonstration

  William Penn (1782). “The Select Works of William Penn....”, p.158

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• Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society.

  Jack Kingston

  Religious, Anger, Society

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