Best roots & character Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“It is not a question so much of a 'tree like a figure' or a 'root like a figure' - it is a question of bringing out the anonymous personality of these things.”

Character Tree Figures Personality Roots

Book:Portraits by Graham Sutherland

Source: Portraits by Graham Sutherland

“When we teach a child to sing or play the flute, we teach her how to listen. When we teach her to draw, we teach her to see. When we teach a child to dance, we teach him about his body and about space, and when he acts on a stage, he learns about character and motivation. When we teach a child design, we reveal the geometry of the world. When we teach children about the folk and traditional arts and the great masterpieces of the world, we teach them to celebrate their roots and find their own place in history.”

World Children Art Play Character Body Motivation Space Teach Stage Design Draws Roots Folks Traditional Celebrate Masterpiece Geometry Flutes

Book:Command Performance: An Actress in the Theater of Politics

Source: Command Performance: An Actress in the Theater of Politics

“At the root of the assault on our liberties is, in fact, an assault on our character--an assault that assumes that we are not good enough to be free, and that aims to make sure that we are no longer strong enough, courageous enough, disciplined enough to be a free people.”

People Enough Character Facts Strong Liberty Roots Aim Assuming Courageous Good Enough Assault Strong Enough Not Good Enough

Author:Alan Keyes

“Im always envious of the actors who get to come to work every day and really grow deep roots there, but it is really fun playing lots of different characters.”

Different Character Actors Fun Grows Roots Envious Different Characters Deep Roots

Author:Jaime Ray Newman

“Wealth brings noble opportunities, and competence is a proper object of pursuit; but wealth, and even competence, may be bought at too high a price. Wealth itself has no moral attribute. It is not money, but the love of money, which is the root of all evil. It is the relation between wealth and the mind and the character of its possessor which is the essential thing.”

Mind May Character Evil Opportunity Wealth Moral Objects Essentials Roots Relation Noble Pursuit Attributes Competence Love Of Money

Book:The Dangers and Duties of the Mercantile Profession. An Address Delivered Before the Mercantile Library Association, Etc

Source: The Dangers and Duties of the Mercantile Profession. An Address Delivered Before the Mercantile Library Association, Etc

“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.”

Wells Whole Character Use Money Roots Tests Misery Whole Life Test Of Character

Author:Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

“Once you uncover the history of this pattern and trace its roots, you will see that your reaction in the present moment is really a reaction from the past, a shadow character's attempt to protect you from reexperiencing an old emotional wound, which instead sabotages you in the present.”

Moments Character Action Past Emotional Protect Shadow Roots Patterns Wounds Reactions Present Moment Protect You Sabotage Emotional Wounds

Author:Connie Zweig

“I think all writers are armchair psychologists to some degree or another, and I think a character's sexuality is fascinating. It's a great way to really get at the root of their identity, because it's such a personal thing.”

Thinking Way Character Identity Degrees Roots Sexuality Fascinating Psychologist Personal Things Armchairs

Author:Alan Ball

“One of the things that really intrigued us the most about the whole Wonder Woman mythology is the actual mythology of it. Her character has distinct roots in classic Greek mythology.”

Whole Character Facts Wonder Roots Mythology Greek Classic Greek Mythology Intrigued Wonder Woman Greek Myth

Author:Bruce Timm

“I find that you're drawn to certain stories, and there's something about fairytales that have deep roots. They connect really deeply to you, and those are the stories that I find myself drawn to. I love characters that believe the impossible is possible.”

Believe Character Stories Certain Impossible Roots Fairytale Really Deep Deep Roots

Author:Glen Keane

“Talent doesn't win. Hard work, determination, and character wins. If you root your talent and ability in those things, then you have a powerful combination.”

Ifs Hard Character Winning Ability Powerful Talent Hard Work Determination Roots Combination Talents And Abilities

Author:Erwin McManus

“No nation ever taxed itself into prosperity. You could afford your house without the government-if it weren't for the government. Character matters; leadership descends from character. If you commit a crime, you're guilty. Compassion is no substitute for justice. Poverty is not the root cause of crime. The Los Angeles riots were not caused by the Rodney King verdict. The Los Angeles riots were caused by rioters.”

Ifs Matter Character Government House Nations Causes Justice Compassion Poverty Crime Kings Roots Prosperity Commit Guilty Los Angeles Substitutes Riot Verdict Root Cause

Author:Rush Limbaugh

“He's [Constable] a great painter as far as it goes, but I don't think he's remotely interesting. Not really. It's very pretty and it's very thorough, but it's not evocative, it's not dramatic, it doesn't do what Beethoven does - it doesn't shake you down to the roots of your soul, which Turner does. Constable is just very nice, basically. And moving on to personality, Constable was a very dull character.”

Thinking Doe Soul Character Moving Interesting Nice Personality Roots Painter Your Soul Dramatic Dull Shakes Very Nice Thorough Turner

Author:Mike Leigh

“You see, when we talk about perfect trust, we're talking about what gives us roots, character, the stability to handle the hard times. Trusting God doesn't alter our circumstances. Perfect trust in Him changes us.”

Giving Hard Character Perfect Talking Circumstances Roots Handle Hard Times Stability Trust In God

Book:Perfect Trust

Source: Perfect Trust

“Make sure your main characters are likeable. They can be flawed, but your readers need to be able to root for them.”

Needs Character Able Reader Roots Flawed Main Characters Likeable

Author:Janet Evanovich

“You've got to have a likeability factor, I think, in your comedy characters. If the guy's really, really funny but you just don't like him or her, then you're never going to root for them.”

Ifs Thinking Character Guy Comedy Roots Factors

Author:Rhys Darby

“Zwarte Piet, or 'Black Pete,' is a relic from slavery. It is something that should have long been eliminated, and it's very insulting to black Dutch people. It's shocking to me that it still exists, but I think it's about the lack of knowledge and education regarding the roots of the character in the slave trade.”

People Thinking Should Long Stills Character Black Roots Should Have Slavery Trade Slave Shocking Insulting Dutch Relics Education And Knowledge Slave Trade Lack Of Knowledge

Author:Roger Ross Williams

“Somehow we allow, if a character goes to the dark side, if we're hooked into that character - I'm obsessed with Peaky Blinders. Those characters are awful, and yet you root for them. You love them! Same with Breaking Bad. That's not as easy in a feature.”

Ifs Character Easy Sides Dark Roots Awful Features Obsessed Dark Side Hooked Blinders

Author:Lauren Shuler Donner

“The type of acting that I'm interested in, that I aspire to, is where I try and drag a lot of myself into whatever character it is. They can be very different types of characters, but at the heart of it, I always wanted to be a very, very believable and rooted in reality. One of the ways of doing that is to root it as much as you can in your own experiences and then tint those with different hues, different colors to give the different characters their way.”

Way Giving Trying Heart Different Character Reality Wanted Acting Color Type Roots Rooted Drag Aspire Hue Believable Different Characters Different Colors

Author:Tobias Menzies

“Maybe I'm perverse, but the question of "rooting" for a character, or setting out to write a character for whom other people will root, has never had anything to do with why I read or write fiction. As long as the writing and story remain alive, intense, invigorating, provoking, the characters can be as demonic or saintly as the author wants.”

People Want Writing Long Character Stories Fiction Alive Roots Intense Setting Settings Provoking Demonic Invigorating

Author:James Lasdun

“All the great writers root their characters in true human behaviour.”

Humans Character Roots Behaviour Great Writers Human Behaviour

Author:Ben Kingsley

“We are all regionalists in our origins, however 'universal' our themes and characters, and without our cherished hometowns and childhood landscapes to nourish us, we would be like plants set in shallow soil. Our souls must take root - almost literally.”

Soul Character Would Be Childhood Roots Universal Plant Landscape Theme Soil Shallow Hometown

Author:Joyce Carol Oates

“But wise is the man who disdains no character, but with searching glance explores him to the root and cause of all.”

Men Character Causes Wise Roots Glances Disdain

Author:Nikolai Gogol

“Places I've lived since then had to have some kind of uniqueness and character about them. And logically Key West, and then Down Island. So, all of that stuff sort of had it's roots in New Orleans and went crazy.”

Kind Character Stuff Crazy Keys Roots West Islands Uniqueness New Orleans

Author:Jimmy Buffett

“Indeed, she often wondered if she were dead, or dying from the inside out, and that was the root of her calm, the reason she could surrender her character.”

Ifs Reason Character Dying Roots Calm Surrender Resolve

Author:Gregory Maguire

“This perhaps was what lay at the root of the hysteria surrounding what came to be known as the Gold Rush: Men desiring a feeling of fortune; the unlucky masses hoping to skin or borrow the luck of others, or the luck of a destination. A seductive notion, and one I thought to be wary of. To me, luck was something you either earned or invented through strength of character. You had to come by it honestly; you could not trick or bluff your way into it.”

Men Way Character Feelings Known Mass Roots Gold Skins Luck Lays Fortune Notion Honestly Tricks Destination Seductive Hysteria Strength Of Character Unlucky Bluffs Gold Rush

Author:Patrick deWitt

“People who wish to salute the free and independent side of their evolutionary character acquire cats. People who wish to pay homage to their servile and salivating roots own dogs.”

People Character Wish Sides Pay Dog Roots Cat Independent Acquire Pet Homage Salute

Book:Thinking Out Loud: On the Personal, the Political, the Public and the Private

Source: Thinking Out Loud: On the Personal, the Political, the Public and the Private

“Christianity is not a political theory. It is not even a cultural theory. It is, at its root, all about changing the heart of each man and woman, boy and girl, so that we begin to think God's thoughts and act in accordance with his character.”

Thinking Men Heart Character Political Humanity Girl Christianity Boys Theory Men And Women Roots Boy And Girl Political Theory

Author:Ravi Zacharias

“A tree uses what comes its way to nurture itself. By sinking its roots deeply into the earth, by accepting the rain that flows towards it, by reaching out to the sun, the tree perfects its character and becomes great. ... Absorb, absorb, absorb. That is the secret of the tree.”

Way Character Use Earth Humanity Secret Accepting Sun Tree Rain Flow Roots Reaching Reach Out Nurture Sinking

Book:Everyday Tao: Living with Balance and Harmony

Source: Everyday Tao: Living with Balance and Harmony

“Becoming rich isn't as much about getting rich financially as about whom you become, in character and mind, to get rich. I want to share a secret with you that few people know: the fastest way to get rich and stay rich is to work on developing you! The idea is to grow yourself into a successful person. Again, your outer world is merely a reflection of your inner world. You are the root; your results are the fruits.”

“There is no institution more vital to our Nation's survival than the American family. Here the seeds of personal character are planted, the roots of public virtue first nourished. Through love and instruction, discipline, guidance and example, we learn from our mothers and fathers the values that will shape our private lives and our public citizenship.”

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1981

“If you're a song writer, it's a bit different because you are expressing your own words, feelings, perspective. As an actor, you are doing your best to interpret and express the root of the character's perspective which have been established by the writer. There are parallels of performing. Tapping into your own emotional piggy bank. The biggest commonality is if you are successful in either industry, you get free snacks all the time.”

“Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.”

Giving Writing Character Reader Roots

Book:Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction

Source: Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction

“Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace.”

Littles Character Peace Tree Roots Fruit Calm Contentment Temperance Contentment And Peace Contentment Peace Calm And Peace

Author:Gautama Buddha

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