Roots Quotes

I'm half Egyptian, and I'm Muslim. But I grew up in Canada, far from my Arab roots. Like so many who straddle East and West, I've been drawn, over the years, to try to better understand my origins. Shereen El Feki
Better Try Half Drawn Arab East Muslim Over Like Understand Been West Years Up Canada Egyptian Grew Far Roots Who Many Origins
I'm Egyptian and Muslim, but I grew up in the West, far from my Arab roots. I began 'Sex and the Citadel' to help outsiders - like myself - to better comprehend this pivotal part of the world, up-close and personal. Shereen El Feki
Myself World Better Sex Citadel Arab Muslim Comprehend Outsiders Part Like West Began Up Personal Egyptian Grew Pivotal Far Roots Help
I wanted to do a weird book and reestablish my independent, small-press roots. Sherman Alexie
Book Independent Weird Wanted 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. Shraddha Srinath
You Demand Know Industries Real Where Different Anywhere Roots Your Dabbling Downside
Growing up in the U.S., music became a way for me to find my roots and anchor points. Sid Sriram
Music Me Way Anchor Find Points Became Up Roots Growing Growing Up
'Maruvarthai' was an exciting song for me because it showcased my Carnatic roots. Sid Sriram
Me Song Exciting Because Roots
As players, we need to try to inspire young girls to keep playing because, at grass roots, we need more girls playing football. Steph Houghton
Inspire Try Girl Young Grass More Football Because Young Girls Roots Grass Roots Keep Players Playing Need
I just go back to my roots. I was literally born 26 miles from Martinsville High School where Coach Wooden grew up, and then my dad coached there for four years. Steve Alford
School Back High Born High School Go Years Up Just Wooden Where Grew Literally Then Coach Coached Roots Miles Dad Four
What's being considered now is solidifying my place in the NBA. Keep focusing on the grass roots, because I want the next guys to be good. Right now, all I'm doing for camps and academies and stuff, I'm just finding the next NBA player. Steven Adams
Good Grass Considered Focusing Finding Guys Stuff Academy Because Doing Camps Just Being Want Place Next Roots Grass Roots NBA Keep Now Right Player
I grew up as a British kid - I went to school in London, roamed the streets of London - but having these interactions with my roots and going back to Ghana, I'm like, 'Yeah this is sick.' I love my country and my people, and the energy and vibes that they bring back. So I want to rep that and be a part of it. Stormzy
Love People School Country Vibes Energy Sick Back Ghana Kid London Having Part Like Rep Yeah Up Going Want Interactions Grew Roots Streets Bring British
I was about 13 or 14 when I heard Malcolm X's speech 'Message to the Grass Roots.' Ta-Nehisi Coates
Grass About Message Malcolm Heard Roots Grass Roots Speech
Inspired by Alex Haley's 'Roots,' at the age of 11 I began a handwritten Middle Passage story called 'Lawdy, Lawdy, Make Us Free.' I was raised by civil rights activists with a very strong sense of racial history and consciousness. Tananarive Due
History Rights Age Strong Free Sense Civil Strong Sense Civil Rights Inspired Make Passage Began Very Middle Story Racial Us Roots Activists Consciousness Raised Alex
Yoga can get at the roots of issues that cause behaviors leading to obesity, heart disease, and stress. Tara Stiles
Heart Cause Stress Obesity Leading Issues Heart Disease Yoga Get Disease Behaviors Roots
Only with maturity did I come to appreciate my own Chinese roots: not just the food and the ancient history, but also the philosophy of child-rearing and the respect for education and knowledge. Tess Gerritsen
Education Food Knowledge History Respect Maturity Own Philosophy Ancient My Own Only Come Also Did Child-Rearing Just Chinese Roots Appreciate
Bostonians vs. Chicagoans, they have different sensibilities, and I can only say this because I consider myself a Bostonian. You know, the Puritanical roots in Boston - the 'sky is falling' mentality a little bit. We could be on a great run, and we'd lose one game, and everyone's panicking. Theo Epstein
Myself Great You Game Sky Lose Consider Everyone Say Bit Run Puritanical Only Boston Mentality Could Know Because Falling Different Sensibilities Little Little Bit Roots
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
Better Soil Wish Carefully Jews Out Give Rather Removing Terrain Sustaining Them Roots Homeland Dragging
I'm getting back to my old roots. Tiger Woods
Old Back Getting Roots
We are going back to our roots by cultivating new unsigned talent who otherwise might go unnoticed. Tommy Hilfiger
Otherwise Back Our Unnoticed New Talent Go Cultivating Going Might Roots Who
The roots of our statehood go back more than two millennia and two centuries to the origins of the Hun Empire. Building upon the legacies and power of the Huns, Mongols had built the largest land empire in the history of the mankind. Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
History Power Building Back Our More Had Empire Built Go Than The History Of Centuries Land Mankind Roots Origins Millennia Largest Two
The point of psychoanalysis is to really understand the roots of your behavior. Understand why you are doing the things you're doing - and connect your unconscious to your conscious. Tucker Max
You Behavior Point Unconscious Understand Doing Psychoanalysis Really Roots Your Connect Why Conscious Things
My musical roots and inspiration lie not in rock n' roll or metal music, but first and foremost in classical music, balalaika, and in underground house music. Varg Vikernes
Music Lie First Musical Classical Classical Music Inspiration House Underground Metal Rock Rock-N-Roll Foremost Roll Roots
Russia will not soon become, if it ever becomes, a second copy of the United States or England - where liberal value have deep historic roots. Vladimir Putin
Will Value Become Liberal States Russia Soon Becomes Historic Where Roots England Deep United Ever United States Second Copy
The Arab spring was not as radical as the French or Iranian revolutions. It did not pull out the deeply entrenched roots of the state. Instead, it was satisfied to replace the top of the pyramid with newly elected, but inexperienced, leaders. Wadah Khanfar
Spring Radical Satisfied State Top Arab Arab Spring Out Entrenched Instead Leaders Pyramid French Inexperienced Iranian Replace Did Revolutions Newly Elected Roots Deeply Pull
Too much emphasis is put on American roots music when people try and place me. You know, I grew up listening to punk. Will Oldham
Music Me You People Try Listening Too Much Punk Too Put Emphasis Know Up American Grew Place Much Roots
What we're about is a manifestation of the Catholic roots of Boston College. William P. Leahy
College About Boston Catholic Manifestation Roots
When I'd go to Israel, I felt like a tourist. My social and professional ties had started to dissolve, and it confused me. I didn't know whether I should stay here in Paris or go back to Israel, or even cut off all my ties with Israel so I could really plant roots here. Or maybe go somewhere else altogether. Yael Naim
Me Confused Plant Somewhere Else Back Dissolve Stay Paris Somewhere Else Could Had Tourist Like Know Ties Felt Altogether Israel Go Off Maybe Whether Social Cut Really Roots Should Professional Even Here Started
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