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Tradition Quotes
What we carry forward, and why it matters.
Tradition here is personal and inherited - a performer noting South India's deep arts culture, and a Sikh explaining the religious tradition of never cutting one's hair. Related reading: Family.
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- American Tradition
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- Nov 07, 2020
The American tradition of Washington and Hamilton and Madison and Lincoln and TR and Pat Buchanan is of economic nationalism - making America an independent, self-sufficient, sovereign forever country that's able to stand on its own feet.
- Die
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every religious tradition is rooted in mysteries I don't pretend to understand, including claims about what happens after we die. But this I know for sure: as long as we're alive, choosing resurrection is always worth the risk.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music that is considered minimalism - or post-minimalism music in general - things of that nature or that come from that tradition, or even drone, or non-western music, have a more subtle and more open-ended verticality to them that allows for your own mind and body to be involved.
- Haitian
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- Nov 07, 2020
The U.S. has long characterized Haitian immigrants as criminals. This tradition began in 1963 when the first boat of Haitians seeking political asylum was summarily rejected by U.S. immigration officials, while at the same time the U.S. admitted thousands of Cubans as refugees and political asylees.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
The characteristic feature of modernity is criticism: what is new is set over and against what is old, and it is this constant contrast that constitutes the continuity of tradition.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
We know that golf is an ancient game with great history and tradition, but our golf is only 10 years old so don't judge us too harshly.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn't betray it I'd be ashamed of myself.
- Ever-Changing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always admired the tradition of storytellers who sat in the public market and told their stories to gathered crowds. They'd start with a single premise and talk for hours - the notion of one story, ever-changing but never-ending.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't get that opportunity everyday to do Le Mans with Porsche, a brand that has so much tradition and history. So I just grabbed the opportunity while it was there.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
For God's sake build not your faith upon Tradition, 'tis as rotten as a rotten Post.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think massage is a very important part of life, which is present from centuries as an imminent part of India's tradition.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up in Luton, we’d always eat on a cloth, placed on the floor of the living room, with no TV allowed. There were no chairs back in Bangladesh and Dad wanted to keep the tradition, so we never owned a dining table.
- Some
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- Nov 07, 2020
Indians are marvelous storytellers. In some ways, that oral tradition is stronger than the written tradition.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020