Tradition Quotes - Page 15

• In my definition of consciousness, consciousness is the same thing as life. What wisdom traditions also call spirit.

  Deepak Chopra

  Definitions, Spirit, Consciousness

  "You Are Not Your Brain: Interview With Alva Noe, Ph.D". www.huffingtonpost.com. July 28, 2010.

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• Every spiritual tradition has this idea of death and resurrection. It's not unique to Christianity.

  Deepak Chopra

  Spiritual, Unique, Ideas

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• Well, for one thing, in the tradition of Zen that I've practiced, there is no prayerful worship and there is no affirmation of a deity.

  Leonard Cohen

  Deities, Affirmation, Worship

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• The enemy is not just terrorism. It is the threat posed specifically by Islamist terrorism, by Bin Ladin and others who draw on a long tradition of extreme intolerance within a minority strain of Islam that does not distinguish politics from religion, and distorts both.

  John Cornyn

  Long, Enemy, Islam

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• In my house, the Rose Parade and the Rose Bowl Game have always been a grand tradition for ringing in the New Year. To serve as Grand Marshal is a dream come true and I look forward to sharing the celebration with all of the fans and viewers worldwide.

  Paula Deen

  Dream, New Year, Years

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• One thing I love about Christmas music is that it has a tradition of warmth.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Christmas, Holiday, Things I Love

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• The tradition in Serbia has always been team sports - football, basketball, handball, volleyball and water polo, individual sports are not supported.

  Novak Djokovic

  Basketball, Sports, Football

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• Family life itself, that safest, most traditional, most approved of female choices, is not a sanctuary: It is, perpetually, a dangerous place.

  Margaret Drabble

  Family, Choices, Female

  "The Limits of Mother Love". The New York Times Book Review, www.nytimes.com. March 31, 1985.

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• You do a James Bond film, you're being part of an anachronism, a tradition.

  Minnie Driver

  Ties, Film, Anachronism

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• There's a long tradition of people from the South living in New York City.

  Steve Earle

  New York, Cities, Long

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• The husband - by primitive instinct partly, certainly by ancient tradition - regards himself as the active partner in matters of love and his own pleasure as legitimately the prime motive for activity.

  Havelock Ellis

  Husband, Matter, Ancient

  Havelock Ellis (2013). “On Life and Sex: Essays of Love & Virtue”, p.88, Elsevier

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• Compared to industry in Europe or Japan, where industry was based on a craft tradition, we are sadly behind.

  Arthur Erickson

  Artist, Japan, Europe

  Speech to McGill University School of Architecture, www.arthurerickson.com. October 21, 2000.

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• We find Japan a little more difficult to understand because it has proven its 20th century prowess though the ancient traditions still persist.

  Arthur Erickson

  Artist, Japan, Littles

  Arthur Erickson's Address to the Institute of Canadian Bankers, www.arthurerickson.com. October 16, 1972.

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• In those countries with centuries of a craft tradition behind their building methods, techniques are tightly coordinated under the direction of the architect.

  Arthur Erickson

  Country, Artist, Technique

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• Some of my educated Filipino friends were aspiring poets, but their aspirations were all in the direction of the United States. They had no desire to learn from the bardic tradition that continued in the barrios. Their ideal would have been to write something that would get them to Iowa, where they would study creative writing.

  James Fenton

  Writing, Iowa, Creative

  "Where poetry and music divide" by James Fenton, www.theguardian.com. June 21, 2002.

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• One bipartisan policy tradition is to deny Americans the use of our own resources.

  Harold Ford, Jr.

  Use, Deny, Resources

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• If the Christian is a restorationist, a legalist, if he wants everything clear and safe, then he will find nothing. Tradition and memory of the past must help us to have the courage to open up new areas to God.

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Memories, Past

  "A Big Heart Open to God: An interview with Pope Francis". Interview with Antonio Spadaro, S.J., www.americamagazine.org. September 30, 2013.

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• I grew up in Minnesota, where we treasure our tradition of civic engagement - and our record of having the nation's highest voter participation.

  Al Franken

  Engagement, Records, Treasure

  "Putting an End to Secret Campaign Contributions" by Al Franken, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 16, 2012.

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• Minnesota has a proud tradition of having two Senators on the Ag committee - a tradition I'd like very much to continue.

  Al Franken

  Two, Minnesota, Proud

  Interview with Chris Weigant, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 13, 2008.

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• I am a Minnesotan, and not just because I root for the Vikings and the Twins. I like the Minnesota-nice sensibility. I like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights.

  Al Franken

  Nice, Fighting, Rights

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• Now, if King Crimson accepts responsibility for innovating its own tradition, you can't accept responsibility for the audience. And there is an enormous tangible weight of expectation, which comes from an audience attending a King Crimson concert.

  Robert Fripp

  Kings, Responsibility, Expectations

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• Our country, if you read the 'Federalist Papers,' is about disagreement. It's about pitting faction against faction, divided government, checks and balances. The hero in American political tradition is the man who stands up to the mob - not the mob itself.

  Jonah Goldberg

  Country, Hero, Men

  "Do Liberals Live Under A 'Tyranny Of Cliches'?". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. May 2, 2012.

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• In the true sense one's native land, with its background of tradition, early impressions, reminiscences and other things dear to one, is not enough to make sensitive human beings feel at home.

  Emma Goldman

  Home, Land, Sensitive

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• It always depresses me when people moan about how commercial Christmas is. I love everything about it. The tradition of having this great big feast, slap bang in the middle of winter, is an essential thing to look forward to at the end of the year.

  Richard E. Grant

  Christmas, Depressing, Winter

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• Doubt in my tradition is something that is very helpful. Because of doubt, you can thirst more and you will get a higher kind of proof.

  Nhat Hanh

  Doubt, Helpful, Kind

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