Tradition Quotes - Page 18

• A common creation demands a common sacrifice, and perhaps not the least potent argument in favour of a constructed international language is the fact that it is equally foreign, or apparently so, to the traditions of all nationalities.

  Edward Sapir

  Sacrifice, Demand, Facts

  Edward Sapir, David Goodman Mandelbaum (1985). “Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture and Personality”, p.112, Univ of California Press

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• Dick Clark is an American icon. I am honored that he has entrusted me with such a role in this national tradition.

  Ryan Seacrest

  Icons, Roles, Honored

  "Clark and Seacrest to Co-Host New Year's Eve". www.foxnews.com. August 15, 2005.

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• My kids say if there's any family dinner that doesn't result in somebody crying, it's not a good dinner. They cry because it helps relieve them of a guilt or some onerous emotional burden. It's like a family tradition.

  William Shatner

  Kids, Emotional, Guilt

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• I'm a big fan of vampire movies generally and that sort of tradition of characters.

  Michael Sheen

  Character, Vampire, Fans

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. June 8, 2011.

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• Baseball's Opening Day is full of time-honored traditions: the President throws out the first ball, the Cubs' starting pitcher walks away with a 54.00 ERA, the Royals get mathematically eliminated from the pennant race.

  Rob Sheffield

  Baseball, Race, President

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• If we try to engineer outcomes, if we overturn tradition to make everyone the same, we ruin society. If we upset tradition to allow for an equal shot at the starting gate, everyone wins, except for the charlatans and would be dictators.

  Ben Stein

  Winning, Upset, Trying

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• One of the many reasons I love living in New York is that we get a front row seat to the innumerable thrills that take place here - from conventions and awards shows, to parades and U.N. assemblies. But my favorite New York tradition is the annual New Year's Eve ball-drop on Times Square.

  Marlo Thomas

  New Year, New York, Awards

  "An Especially Happy New Year" by Marlo Thomas, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 29, 2013.

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• There is nothing worth having that can he obtained by nuclear war - nothing material or ideological - no tradition that it can defend. It is utterly self-defeating.

  George Wald

  War, Self, Nuclear

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• If Nixon is not forced to turn over tapes of his conversations with the ring of men who were conversing on their violations of the law, then liberty will soon be dead in this nation. If Nixon gets away with that, then Nixon makes the law as he goes along - not the Congress nor the courts. The old Court you and I served so long will not be worthy of its traditions if Nixon can twist, turn and fashion the law as he sees fit.

  Earl Warren

  Fashion, Law, Long

  Speaking to William O. Douglas on the afternoon of the day he died, July 09, 1974. "The Court Years, 1939-1975 : The Autobiography of William O. Douglas" by William O. Douglas, p. 514, 1980.

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• The strongest continuous thread in America's political tradition is skepticism about government.

  George Will

  Government, America, Political

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• Texas was such a welcoming place, and with its unbelievable history and tradition, it's extra special to be a part of that.

  Ricky Williams

  Texas, Special, Welcome

  "Texas to unveil 8-foot, 1000-pound Ricky Williams statue". www.businessinsider.com. February 24, 2012.

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• I come from the tradition of a big Irish family that loves to sing. I love to perform.

  Robbie Williams

  Irish Family, Bigs

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My visit this autumn is an opportunity to continue that rich tradition of visits between Canterbury and Rome.

  Rowan Williams

  Autumn, Opportunity, Rome

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• Radical Chic, after all, is only radical in Style; in its heart it is part of Society and its traditions.

  Tom Wolfe

  Heart, Style, Chic

  Tom Wolfe (2010). “Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers”, p.79, Macmillan

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• Who of English speech, bred to the traditions of his race, does not recognize Hamlet in his 'inky cloak' at a glance? Not to know him would argue one's self untaught in the chief glories of his language.

  George Edward Woodberry

  Race, Self, Doe

  George Edward Woodberry (1920). “Collected Essays: The torch and other lectures and addresses”

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• Art has a double visage: it looks before and after. Romance is its forward-looking face. The germ of growth is in romanticism. Formalism, on the other hand, consolidates tradition; gleans what has been gained and makes it facile to the hand or the mind; economizes the energy of genius.

  George Edward Woodberry

  Art, Hands, Romance

  George Edward Woodberry (1916). “Shakespeare: An Address”

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• Our understanding of Shakespeare already depends largely on the vitality of Renaissance elements in our education. Each man must live in his own generation, as the saying is; but the generations are bound together by the golden links of the great tradition of civilization.

  George Edward Woodberry

  Men, Civilization, Understanding

  George Edward Woodberry (1920). “Collected Essays: The torch and other lectures and addresses”

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• I think that Michael Jackson, just as an entertainer, as a figure who embodies the contradictions of Black identity, and the possibilities of R&B music in the '70s and '80s will continue to be one of the most recognized and formidable human beings that we've ever produced in our tradition.

  Michael Eric Dyson

  Thinking, Black, Identity

  "Georgetown University professor Dr. Michael Eric Dyson". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. June 30, 2009.

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• One of our great thematic traditions in Bad Religion has been to question human nature.

  Greg Graffin

  Human Nature, Humans, Thematic

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• Our country has the oldest tradition of storytelling, and this was much before writing stories even became a norm.

  Ashwin Sanghi

  Country, Writing, Stories

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• What we require is not a formal return to tradition and religion, but a rereading, a reinterpretation, of our history that can illuminate the present and pave the way to a better future. For example, if we delve more deeply into ancient Egyptian and African civilisations we will discover the humanistic elements that were prevalent in many areas of life. Women enjoyed a high status and rights, which they later lost when class patriarchal society became the prevalent social system.

  Nawal El Saadawi

  Class, Rights, Way

  Nawal El Saadawi (1997). “The Nawal El Saadawi Reader”, Zed Books

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• At the halfway point of any drunken night, there is a moment when an Indian realizes he cannot turn back toward tradition and that he has no map to guide him toward the future.

  Sherman Alexie

  Night, Maps, Realizing

  Sherman Alexie (1993). “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven”, Harper Perennial

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• The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings. It is a sad spectacle to see the weaklings bruised, exhausted, fluttering back to earth.

  Kate Chopin

  Strong, Wings, Bird

  Kate Chopin (1899). “The Awakening”, p.217

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• She was happy, and perfectly in line with the tradition of those women they used to call "ruined," "fallen," feckless, bitches in heat, ravished dolls, sweet sluts, instant princesses, hot numbers, great lays, succulent morsels, everybody's darlings . . .

  Jean Genet

  Sweet, Princess, Numbers

  Jean Genet (1994). “Querelle”, p.84, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Whenever serious and competent people need to get things done in the real world, all considerations of tradition and protocol fly out the window.

  Neal Stephenson

  Real, People, Needs

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