Quotes About Roots

My mother was born in Ghana, but she moved to the U.K. when my sisters and I were born.

My grandfather John came from Cork. I have six degrees of separation in Ireland.

When I heard that 'Roots' was being remade, my first response was, 'Seriously?' I was a bit skeptical. Then I had an audition in early 2015. I didn't know how to feel about it. I was a little scared of the responsibility of telling the story again with the weight of the first one behind me - I was scared of comparisons.

There are no black conservatives. Oh, there are neoconservatives with black skin, but they lack any claim to blackness other than the biological. They have forgotten their roots.

I love the urban comedies, because they keep you famous, keep you having fun, and keep you in love with the business. Those are my roots. I'll always love doing those.

All my roots are Broadway. I got my Equity Card doing a Broadway show, and my first love is theater.

I used to coach a lot of hockey. I'd love to be a hockey coach, a bit more of a dramatic role and not comedic. I would go back to my hockey roots, that would be fun.

I'm a fifth generation Washingtonian and I was born and raised here. My kid's a sixth generation Washingtonian. Honestly I wish people didn't move because I love the people of the city.

I'm from Michigan, but I'm just as country as anyone else. Maybe I don't have the speaking voice of most country singers, but it is what I love. It's how I've always sung, and it's what I grew up on.

I love my small town, and I love going back there and supporting the community. But I could not have stayed there. No way.

There's a reason that I love this town.

I love coming back to Neath - this is home and always will be.

Swadeshism is not a cult of hatred. It is a doctrine of selfless service that has its roots in the purest ahimsa, i.e. love.

I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.

as in the Old English word burh (place), which became variously burgh as in Edinburgh, borough as in Gainsborough, brough as in Middlesbrough, and bury as in Canterbury.

I was born very far from where I'm supposed to be, and so I'm on my way home.

Let us all be from somewhere.

Zhenya Luvers was born and grew up in Perm.

Entender de dónde venimos, qué hubo antes de nosotros, es el primer paso para poder avanzar sin mentiras.

Falling in love wouldn't have been such a disaster if she'd been curious or even willing to travel. But no, he'd fallen for a woman with roots so deep into an estate that she was willing to stay on even when she no longer had any claim to it.

He pipes a world of snakes, Of sways and coilings, from the snake-rooted bottom Of his mind. (...)

Es lo que hay bajo el suelo lo que crea aquello que está por encima de él. Lo que no se ve es lo que crea lo que se ve. Y eso ¿qué significa? Significa que si quieres cambiar los frutos tendrás que modificar primero las raíces

It's what's under the ground that creates what's above the ground. It's what's invisible that creates what's visible. So what does that mean? It means that if you want to change the fruits, you will first have to change the roots. If you want to change the visible, you must first change the invisible.

The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree.