#root

I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist. If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him. ↗

— Pauline Kael

#artist #civilization #country #culture #follow

A woman always has her man, but the man unconsciously leans on his roots, his heritage. He feels like an orphan without his parents. ↗

— Raj Kapoor

#feels #her #heritage #his #leans

There are three critical ingredients to democratic renewal and progressive change in America: good public policy, grassroots organizing and electoral politics. ↗

— Paul Wellstone

#change #critical #democratic #electoral #good

A lot of names in America and Europe have their roots in Latin and Greek words. A lot of them go back to archetypes and their stories. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#archetypes #back #europe #go #greek

Most religious stories and mythologies have some sort of similar root, some sort of global archetypes. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#global #most #mythologies #religious #root

Abortion and racism are both symptoms of a fundamental human error. The error is thinking that when someone stands in the way of our wants, we can justify getting that person out of our lives. Abortion and racism stem from the same poisonous root, selfishness. ↗

— Alveda King

#both #error #fundamental #getting #human

Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society. ↗

— Jack Kingston

#cannot #cultural #good #influence #marriage

Women are the root of all evil. I ought to know. I'm Evel. ↗

— Evel Knievel

#i #know #ought #root #women

Astonishment is the root of philosophy. ↗

— Paul Tillich

#philosophy #root

Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free. ↗