Quotes About Roots

My roots are African. The birds I remember, the fruits I ate, the trees I climbed, they're African.

Hanging out with the Trees is like hanging out with your family, and I hardly ever see my family.

I'm a gypsy at heart. I have a little triangle where I tend to go, which is between Sydney, Los Angeles, and London, and I'm happy with that at the moment.

Judaism is important to me from a tribal point of view.

I wanted to know who my people were. And I - I think like a lot of Americans - thought that I could find those people in the past. I could find this mythic tribe of elders who would ground me in a story that was irrefutable, undeniable, that was unique and my own, and it would satisfy all my cravings.

You can say I had a severe case of 'Roots' envy. I wanted to be like Alex Haley, and I wanted to be able to... do my family tree back to the slave ship and then reverse the Middle Passage, as I like to put it, and find the tribe or ethnic group that I was from in Africa.

My African heritage is a part of reggae music roots, and the concept is that the album, 'Revelation Part 1: The Root of Life' is a tribute to roots reggae music. The fruit is what blossoms into different colors and shades, but the root has to stand predominant.

Your value lies not in status or title, but in the roots of your character and depth of your compassion.

A ministry gives us the opportunity to establish roots

Oakland is home, and you always want to go home. Anytime you get the chance, you're happy to go home.

If you don't know where you come from, then you want know when you'er being taken back.

To be deep in history is to cease being a Protestant.

To kill weeds, you must pull them up at the roots

for every thousand people hacking at the leaves of evil, there is one striking at the roots.

Use 'Why?' to help you follow the breadcrumbs back to the source of the problem.

Let Pirelli's / Miracle Elixir / Activate your roots, sir... Keep it off your boots, sir- / Eats right through. Yes, get Pirelli's! / Use a bottle of it! / Ladies seem to love it... Flies do, too!

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The biggest thing is, I can never forget where I come from. That's why I wear Miami on my sleeve. I never forget where I grew up.

I am a fan of today's sound as long as we don't get too slick, and yet I am very reverent of my roots.

I'm a product of the '60s and the '70s - slightly rebellious back then in college, not so much in high school, when I got to college I think I was. And I think a lot of where I'm at right now is rooted in a lot of hypocrisy that I recognized back then that I never wanted to be personally.

I'm a farmer. I always will be a farmer. When I die, I'll be a farmer. It's something that I've wanted to do since I was 8 years old. I can tell you also that I see opportunity slipping away for our kids.

Oklahoma is my home. It's definitely slower paced than California.

Our country is an agriculture-based country. And slowly, we are forgetting our roots.

I'm slowly feeling more Chinese and feel I should be more proud of being Chinese and appreciate where I've come from.