My brother loves this country deeply. He has laid down roots, and he has always been incredibly patriotic and committed to this country.

There is no right more universal and more sacred, because lying so near the root of existence, than the right of men to their own labor.

You know, sometimes I feel well and vital in the world, and sometimes I just feel so distressed I want to pull my hair out by the roots.

A social democratic party without deep roots in the working class movement would quickly fade into an unrepresentative intellectual sect

It may be that some little root of the sacred tree still lives. Nourish it then, that it may leaf and bloom and fill with singing birds.

our right or wrong use of money is the utmost test of character, as well as the root of happiness or misery, throughout our whole lives.

It's just an honor to compete in New York, New Jersey, the tri-state area, where we're from. I have so much roots there, so much family.

I decided to become a community organizer ... Change won't come from the top, I would say. Change will come from a mobilized grass roots.

The downside of dabbling in different industries is that you don't have your roots anywhere and you don't know where your real demand is.

I think the Flecktones are a mixture of acoustic and electronic music with a lot of roots in folk and bluegrass as well as funk and jazz.

My roots, my background and the way I act is working class, but it would be hypsocritical to say I'm anything else than middle class now.

Tofu is the root of all evil, and there's only one thing that can change a man's mind, and that's a modified Uzi with an extra-long clip.

A social democratic party without deep roots in the working class movement would quickly fade into an unrepresentative intellectual sect.

loneliness has its roots in words,in internal conversation that nodbody answers,solitude has it's roots in the great silence of eternity.

At the root of Japanese manufacturing lies a feminine delicacy and shyness as well as a childlike curiosity and fantasy-filled worldview.

The twin conceptions of sin and vindictive punishment seem to be at the root of much that is most vigorous, both in religion and politics.

Nature is more depth than surface, the colours are the expressions on the surface of this depth; they rise up from the roots of the world.

War will never yield but to the principles of universal justice and love, and these have no sure root but in the religion of Jesus Christ.

We should embrace our immigrant roots and recognize that newcomers to our land are not part of the problem, they are part of the solution.

... the thwarting of the instinct to love is the root of all sorrow and not sex only but divinity itself is insulted when it is repressed.

When I get some time off, I like to go back to my roots in the North East. My family have been around Northumberland for five generations.

Two qualities are at the root of all meditation development: right effort and right aim—arousing effort to aim the mind toward the object.

I have Aboriginal roots on my father's side, and have always indentified with that spirit. I feel a lot of my music comes from that place.

Who invented political tolerance? The English invented it, it's something which has taken roots with some difficulty in Scottish politics.

Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.

Organized groups claiming roots in religious ideologies have unleashed an all-pervasive fear of mob violence in many parts of the country.

I want a dish to taste good, rather than to have been seethed in pig's milk and served wrapped in a rhubarb leaf with grated thistle root.

The pain that comes from deep love makes your love more fruitful. It is like a plow that breaks the ground to allow the seed to take root.

This much is certain: when a man is happy, happy to the core and root of beatitude, he is no longer conscious of himself or anything else.

What I am trying to translate to you is more mysterious, it is entwined in the very roots of being, in the implacable source of sensations.

Birds buildbut not I build; no, but strain, Time's eunuch, and not breed one work that wakes. Mine,O thou lord of life, send my roots rain.

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.

No ability, no strength and force, no power of intellect or power of wealth, shall avail us, if we have not the root of right living in us.

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.

James Joyce wrote the definitive work about Dublin while he was living in Switzerland. We're all where we come from. We all have our roots.

We don't try to please everyone. Those older fans who expect something from The Roots are a tad more important to me than getting new fans.

The notion of someone who is fitting in or trying to become part of a larger family... It's hard to separate that from my own Jewish roots.

Courage lies in being oneself, in showing complete independence, in loving what one loves, in discovering the deep roots of one's feelings.

I believe the evidence strongly supports common descent. But the root question remains unanswered: What has caused complex systems to form?

When the Killers first came out, a lot of people thought we were English, and it touched a chord in me, because my roots are very American.

I always think of a show like a plant - a little pruning now and then keeps it healthy, but you shouldn't pull it out and chop the roots up.

Our loss put six feet under ground Is measured by the magnolia's root; Our gain's the intellectual sound Of death's feet round a weedy tomb.

I stay close to my roots and my family. I never want to forget any part of it. I'm still just a hillbilly at heart, thus a Backwoods Barbie.

In short, I don't root against President Obama because I hate America. I root against President Obama because I hate his vision for America.

There are actors who just bring an enormous amount of empathy. They just have that"it" that makes you want to follow them and root for them.

The White House is dismissing these town hall fireworks as AstroTurf movements which means it`s the opposite of a true grass roots movement.

I joke to people in the press that I realize I'm not black, I'm actually white. But I've got these roots in black American music. I love it.

I never traced my roots, man. I only know that I'm a brother with a big heart - and that somebody brought my roots over here by way of boat.

I'm an adaptable nomad. I love Paris, I've been living in Los Angeles and New York since 1990. I love London, too. My roots are inside of me.

When I was in high school and first starting to drive by myself, I listened to Wu Tang in the car, and I recognized their soul and R&B roots.

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