Rootedness

The region where Reagan grew up - defined by the towns where his salesman father, Jack Reagan, could land a job - gave him a sense of what Reagan biographer Lou Cannon calls rootedness, while his mother, Nelle Reagan, saw to it that he viewed his glass as at least half full. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I disagree with utkal on "rootedness", in the sense that nothing about films like Welcome, ❋ Unknown (2009)

During a lecture in Toronto in 2007, Archbishop Williams had lamented what he called the lack of "rootedness" in the Anglican approach to Scripture and said "we've lost quite a bit of what was once a rather good Anglican practice of reading the Bible in the tradition of interpretation." ❋ Unknown (2009)

"I thought it would be a totally appropriate way of starting off the city's celebration, as a way of showing the 'rootedness' of churches within the history of Hattiesburg," she said. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He sees Mr. Mendiz á bal's Basque background as an expansive rootedness, whi ch allows the artist to refer specifically to Basque conditions, but also to more universal questions about the origins and implications of individual identity. ❋ J. S. Marcus (2011)

May's preferred description of love is as "a yearning for ontological rootedness". ❋ Unknown (2011)

What sort of change is possible given the rootedness and pervasiveness of the problem? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Other rebels, including folk singers like Pete Seeger and, soon enough, back-to-the-land hippies, believed that they spied in rural America the rootedness and authenticity that was being devoured by suburbia and mass culture. ❋ Kay S. Hymowitz (2011)

He calls love a feeling of "ontological rootedness" in another—whether spouse, lover, child, friend or even a thing or idea. ❋ Charlotte Allen (2011)

The book will also include portraits of some of the extraordinary men and women she admires and who embody her deep love of country, her strong rootedness in faith, and her profound love and appreciation of family. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It has to do with the rootedness and groundedness of the first chakra, but also looks at growth beyond that into the everything. ❋ Unknown (2010)

My secular, liberal friends clearly derive much of their identity and their rootedness from their political faith. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I can tell you that such a lack of rootedness will invariably lead to failure. ❋ Roger Ehrenberg (2011)

Others see a turn away from nomadic lifestyles and towards greater rootedness, which has a certain appeal. ❋ Unknown (2010)