#roots

My answer to those who oppose my appointment as CEO is that this is really a decision of the YWCA. They want to strengthen their grassroots to advocate on behalf of women's and children's empowerment and ending racism. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#answer #appointment #behalf #ceo #children

The Young Women's Christian Association is nourished by its roots in Christianity and, at the same time, over the years, it's been enriched by beliefs and values from all kinds of places, even, in fact, strengthened by our diversity. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#been #beliefs #christian #christianity #diversity

I went to high school in Texas for one year, my senior year. My parents wanted me to get out of Stockholm because I was running with the wrong crew. They wanted me to get back to my roots. ↗

— Joel Kinnaman

#because #crew #get #high #high school

You're not going to hear me do a rap song, you're not going to hear me do a jazz song. We have to be true to our roots, do what we do, and try to do it a little better each time. ↗

— Bob Seger

#better #each #going #hear #jazz

I don't like freedom jazz - I think it's void of roots and void of foundation. ↗

— George Shearing

#freedom #i #i think #jazz #like

A real foolproof way to do it is play your stuff by hook or by crook and build up a grass roots following. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

#crook #following #foolproof #grass #grass roots

The roots of racism lie deep in man's nature, wounded and bruised by original sin. ↗

— Sargent Shriver

#deep #lie #man #nature #original

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. ↗

— Sharon Stone

#feel #hair #i #i feel #just

It is the timber of poetry that wears most surely, and there is no timber that has not strong roots among the clay and worms. ↗

— John Millington Synge

#clay #most #poetry #roots #strong

The roots of homophobia are fear. Fear and more fear. ↗

— George Weinberg

#more #roots