We have learned so well how to absorb novelty that receptivity itself has turned into a kind of tradition- "the tradition of… — Richard Hofstadter Copy Share Image
You're making the grant of affection, forbearance, mercy, out of your own experience and, of course, out of cultural tradition. You're saying,… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
What does homophobia look like when it's stripped bare of fancy costumes like family values and tradition? It looks like that group… — Jane Velez-Mitchell Copy Share Image
The first time I went on a serious run was when I was 21 years old at Stanford University. From 21 to… — Sterling K. Brown Copy Share Image
I grew up in a town with a great wrestling tradition. Then I was a team sport queen in high school; I… — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
You will not be asked about your culture in your grave. And you will not be judged based on your Father's last… — Boonaa Mohammed Copy Share Image
The "great tradition" does not brook even the possibility of libidinal gratification between the pages as an end in itself, and FR… — F. R. Leavis Copy Share Image
The tendency of liberals is to create bodies of men and women-of all classes-detached from tradition, alienated from religion, and susceptible to… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
Antiquities, or remnants of history, are, as was said, tanquam tabula naufragii: when industrious persons, by an exact and scrupulous diligence and… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I am an Episcopalian who takes the faith of my fathers seriously, and I would, I think, be disheartened if my own… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
Hinduism, Confucianism, and Buddhism are huge traditions of enormous importance, and they aren't monotheistic. Again, this reflects the fact that our preconceptions… — Robert Neelly Bellah Copy Share Image
There's a strong nativist tradition - saying, "we have to protect ourselves" - that comes from the founding of the country. If… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It's always been you know, religion that has been the primary impediment to actual relationship with God, because it creates a mythology… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that 90 percent of the confusion that women feel when they are attempting to put together an occasion-specific ensemble… — Nina Garcia Copy Share Image
Catechesis, preaching, and passing on the faith must not only be about educating the members of our communities in the content of… — Blase J. Cupich Copy Share Image
I think of people like Ray Charles, Otis Redding, and Isaac Hayes. They all came out of the South, and they followed… — Lecrae Copy Share Image
Existential anxiety of doubt drives the person toward the creation of certitude of systems of meaning, which are supported by tradition and… — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
To marry was to say you believed in the future and in the past, too-that history and tradition and hope could stay… — Paula McLain Copy Share Image
There is a great tradition of independent filmmaking in the U.S. that I absolutely respect. There's some wonderful stuff that comes out… — Mike Leigh Copy Share Image
I work in an old tradition that goes back to the ancient Greeks. You hold a mirror to crime to see what's… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
Our hope is to support projects that promote the personal and educational development of young people through creative programs that embrace innovation… — Elisa Sednaoui Copy Share Image
Catholicism is so steeped in imagery. It's one of the many reasons Catholicism has given birth to so many great filmmakers compared… — Scott Derrickson Copy Share Image
I have sympathy for anyone who finds consolation anywhere we can. And many people do find it in religious tradition as it… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
Whatever failures may have come to parliamentary government in countries which have not those traditions, and where it is not a natural… — Stanley Baldwin Copy Share Image
In opera tradition, when opera die-hard fans, there is a replacement of singer or singer wasn't at his or hers vocal best,… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
“I don't worry about traditions overmuch. The fact is, I could change my mind as to whether I want something. For one… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
Furthermore, I think there was, in fact, a celebration of Passover in the era of the Judges in which the epic was… — Frank Moore Cross Copy Share Image
The gratification of helping others is a very American tradition and a Judeo-Christian tradition. Now it is great to see young people… — Evelyn Lauder Copy Share Image
I think 'tradition' is in the past - and how can someone really 'fear' a color? A man may prefer navy to… — Jean Pigozzi Copy Share Image
For 180 years, we voted in English. That is the true American tradition, and this amendment is true to our heritage, not… — Spencer Bachus Copy Share Image
Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I come from a tradition where the writer writes a play for the actors, rather than for himself, and the dialogue is… — Lee Hall Copy Share Image
I am keeping with tradition today. After I learned of my Golden Globe nomination, I went to the dentist, so today, let's… — Frankie Muniz Copy Share Image
It takes a willful disregard of history to appreciate how white Southerners could look at the Confederate battle flag and see states'… — Richard Cohen Copy Share Image
There can't be a pure myth, especially when the myth has been handed down in the oral tradition. As the stories are… — Maxine Hong Kingston Copy Share Image
Because I was a woman, I was vulnerable. It was easy to vilify me and project me as a woman who was… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
We shall reach our goal, when we have the power to laugh as we destroy, as we smash, whatever was sacred to… — Joseph Goebbels Copy Share Image
[The Dalai Lama ] says Western traditions can teach Tibetans a lot about social action, and he thinks some Christians are very… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
Spirituality is not primarily about values and ethics, not about exhortations to do right or live well. The spiritual traditions are primarily… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
My work is heavily influenced by critiques that many critical intellectual traditions, especially Critical Race Theory, have made of reform projects focused… — Dean Spade Copy Share Image
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