Quotes with root-puller

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  • Henry David Thoreau There are thousands hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Criticism should not be querulous and wasting, all knife and root-puller, but guiding, instructive, inspiring.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Simone Weil Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge.
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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  • A. W. Tozer Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment. [The Root Of The Righteous]
    A. W. Tozer
    American Christian pastor, preacher and author
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  • Angela Davis Radical simply means ''grasping things at the root.''
    Angela Davis
    American political activist, philosopher, academic, and author (1944 - )
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  • Bhagavad Gita Sages speak of the immutable Tree of Life, with its tape root above and its branches below.
    Bhagavad Gita
    Indian Hindu storybook
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  • Norman Mailer 1 jast think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at the root of the creative act. It discharges the tension.
    Norman Mailer
    American writer (1923 - 2007)
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  • Cyril Northcote Parkinson A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn.
    Cyril Northcote Parkinson
    British naval historian (1909 - 1993)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson All our progress is an unfolding, like a vegetable bud. You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge as the plant has root, bud, and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe All truly wise thoughts have been thoughts already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, till they take root in our personal experience.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Billy Corgan As a citizen of the great city of Chicago, I find it impossible to root against the White Sox. The White Sox organization has been much more consistent, in my lifetime at least, at putting a winning ballclub on the field.
    Billy Corgan
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1967 - )
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  • Brock Lesnar Back in the day, I was a Royce Gracie fan and a fan of Tank Abbott. It's always the different-looking guys that you want to root for. Then there were guys like Mark Coleman and Randy Couture, so for me to get in there and fight against guys like that is pretty cool.
    Brock Lesnar
    American professional wrestler (1977 - )
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  • Søren Kierkegaard Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.
    Søren Kierkegaard
    Danish philosopher (1813 - 1855)
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  • James Freeman Clarke Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.
    James Freeman Clarke
    American theologian and author (1810 - 1888)
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  • Epictetus Covetousness like jealousy, when it has taken root, never leaves a person, but with their life. Cowardice is the dread of what will happen.
    Epictetus
    Roman philosopher (50 - 130)
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  • Antoine Rivarol Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the interests hatreds.
    Antoine Rivarol
    French journalist (1753 - 1801)
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  • Søren Kierkegaard Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good.
    Søren Kierkegaard
    Danish philosopher (1813 - 1855)
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  • William Wordsworth How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free down to its root, and in that freedom bold.
    William Wordsworth
    English poet (1770 - 1850)
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  • Augustus William Hare I have ever gained the most profit, and the most pleasure also, from the books which have made me think the most: and, when the difficulties have once been overcome, these are the books which have stuck the deepest root, not only in my memory and understanding, but likewise in my affections.
    Augustus William Hare
    British writer (1792 - 1834)
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  • Norman Mailer I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at the root of the creative act. It discharges the tension.
    Norman Mailer
    American writer (1923 - 2007)
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