#rooted

I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do. ↗

— John Muir

#about #as far as #discontented #far #fast

The longing for peace is rooted in the hearts of all men. But the striving, which at present has become so insistent, cannot lay claim to such an ambition as leading the way to eternal peace, or solving all disputes among nations. ↗

— Alva Myrdal

#among #become #cannot #claim #disputes

I have a deep rooted folk sensibility that I can't get away from completely. ↗

— Joanna Newsom

#completely #deep #folk #get #i

I think it's vital to have something outside your acting to keep you rooted in the real world, and help you fill the vacuum. If you have nothing else, it can be unhealthy. For me being a Christian has been invaluable: it simply means acting isn't the centre of my life. ↗

— David Oyelowo

#been #being #centre #christian #else

The House is rooted in the principle of direct elections and is unique among all branches and bodies of the federal government as without exception, the people's voice. ↗

— Charles W. Pickering

#bodies #branches #direct #elections #exception

No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No study, pursued under compulsion, remains rooted in the memory. ↗

— Plato

#man #memory #mix #ought #pursued

The challenges African-Americans are facing today are rooted in the system of slavery. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#facing #rooted #slavery #system #today

The great lesson my mother and father gave me was almost invisible. It was a strong sense of being rooted. ↗

— Dan Rather

#being #father #gave #great #invisible

Marriage is... OK, it's rooted and grounded on love and attraction. ↗

— Mary Archer

#grounded #love #marriage #ok #rooted

With a foreign policy appropriately rooted in some sense of humanitarian decency, the Central African crisis will not be easily ignored by American policymakers. It screams for remedy. ↗

— Michael Johns

#american #appropriately #central #crisis #decency