I grew up in a place where everybody was a storyteller, but nobody wrote. It was that kind of Celtic, storytelling tradition:… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
You may think I'm brave. But in the eyes of many people back in my country I am a coward. They think,… — Ziauddin Yousafzai Copy Share Image
The invention of Bob Dylan with his guitar belongs in its way to the same kind of tradition of something meant to… — Robert Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Know that all times are Holy, that every religion holds truth, that each tradition is sacred, and that it is in the… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
Happily, I come out of a Calvinist tradition in which the Hebrew Bible carries as much authority as the New Testament. No… — Frank Moore Cross Copy Share Image
My work is about your seeing. There is a rich tradition in painting of work about light, but it is not light… — James Turrell Copy Share Image
As for what I listen to after writing, it could be anything - but I've noticed that if the current book contains… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
The precondition for kitsch, is the availability of a fully matured cultural tradition, whose discoveries kitsch can take advantage of for its… — Clement Greenberg Copy Share Image
The significance of the vast Islamic scientific tradition for Muslims and especially for young Muslims today is not only that it gives… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
As Razam so aptly demonstrates, a new kind of traveler is emerging-one that embarks into the mysterious and uncharted domain within, where… — Yossi Ghinsberg Copy Share Image
We [me and my husban] like to honor both of our family traditions whenever possible . We show the girls lots of… — Adriana Lima Copy Share Image
Although it is tempting to imagine an ancient era innocent of biochemical weaponry, in fact this Pandora's box of horrors was opened… — Adrienne Mayor Copy Share Image
Ancient tradition always depicts a true Chinese musician as blind. Esoterically, this implies that his gift of the divine art is so… — Corinne Heline Copy Share Image
Humanity will continue, but in a different way. Material structures will change. From this we will have the opportunity to be more… — Carlos Barrios Copy Share Image
There were positive things about the church, that is, in the European cultural sense, the architecture, the liturgy, the music, the art,… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
I am a traditionalist, I'm not a conventional person, but I am a traditionalist in the true form of the word, in… — Maya Tiwari Copy Share Image
Rioting has always been a London tradition. It has been since the early Middle Ages. There's hardly a spate of years that… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
We are the heirs of a long and proud tradition far older and more substantial than the supranational construct of Messrs Monnet… — Nick Boles Copy Share Image
A culture must be reasonably stable, but it must also change, and it will presumably be strongest if it can avoid excessive… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
Real unity tolerates dissent and rejoices in variety of outlook and tradition, recognizes that it is man's destiny to unite and not… — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
People are interested in family traditions, and I think a lot of families can benefit from some of the ways that my… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
Women become the objects of rules; they are repressed and lose their rights in the name of religion, or they lose their… — Okky Madasari Copy Share Image
It's a better tradition for people who think for themselves and who don't pray in aid of any supernatural authority. That's what… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Acting as a career is a long term thing and that work is kind of progressive and you can build on a… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
There's something about doing theatre in London - it sinks a little bit deeper into your soul as an actor. It's something… — Christian Slater Copy Share Image
Western philosophers gained access to Asian and African traditions initially by noting similarities and differences. But that, as A.C. Mukerji, of Allahabad,… — Jay L. Garfield Copy Share Image
There's a kind of training, when you are sitting in a session in the Japanese tradition or any of the Buddhist traditions,… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
Our traditions have been waking up on Christmas morning and feasting on a southern breakfast. I'm from the South. We eat grits… — Leigh-Allyn Baker Copy Share Image
Any Democratic statement of core beliefs about the importance of families must include all our families, gay and straight. Our party has… — Jeanne Shaheen Copy Share Image
The meditation traditions I started and have continued practicing have all emphasized inclusivity: anyone can do this who is interested. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
When I was a young priest in the 1960s and 1970s, there was much experimentation and confusion in the Church. Teachers and… — Donald Wuerl Copy Share Image
My parents were active in the anti-war movement in the 1960s, so I grew up with a tradition of civic activism around… — Jared Polis Copy Share Image
Traditions are neither good nor bad, they simply are... Rationality is not an arbiter of traditions, it is itself a tradition or… — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a poet. I grew up with poetic influences - what I know from my background is the… — Donovan Copy Share Image
The Nation State as such is totally a construction: what we feel for it in terms of habits, traditions, countryside or nature… — Janne Teller Copy Share Image
My father is from Copenhagen and he lived there until he was in his late 20s. We always grew up with a… — Scarlett Johansson Copy Share Image
There's no choice left in America anymore. Anything that's authentic and genuine, anything that grew out of any sense of tradition, is… — Terry Zwigoff Copy Share Image
It is ironic that so many politicians claim to defend traditional Christian values of 'faith and family.' In fact, a radical antifamily… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Thanksgiving. It's like we didn't even try to come up with a tradition. The tradition is, we overeat. 'Hey, how about at… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
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