Tradition Quotes

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There was an honorable tradition of using anonymous sources that was ruined by Jayson Blair. — Ted Rall
Saddam's ouster will not necessarily lead to the same result, since Iraq lacks democratic traditions. Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections. — Brent Scowcroft
I think violence, cynicism, brutality and fashion are the staples of our diet. I think in the grand history of story-telling, going back to people… — Eric Stoltz
In Europe, there is so much tradition, and everyone has established ideas as to what art should be and what it has always been. — Esa-Pekka Salonen
Would-be novelists need to bring equal parts arrogance and ignorance to the task before them. The arrogance is almost self-explanatory. Walk into any bookstore or… — Laura Lippman
In my own spiritual journey, I became a swami on the Hindu path of Bhakti. In the Hindu tradition, a swami is a monk who… — Radhanath Swami
We all recognize that Colorado and our nation have a long and storied tradition of gun ownership for hunting, outdoor recreation and self-defense. However, I… — Mark Udall
The Senate as an institution is broken. We're not doing the work of the American people and the rules are being abused. The only way… — Tom Udall
I love that there's this tradition of being able to discuss the heaviest topics and the gnarliest stuff that goes down in people's lives in… — Gillian Welch
The Masters is one of golf's greatest traditions and Augusta is one of the best courses in the world. They are synonymous. It's an event… — Mike Weir
I don't mind the sparkle - I think it's kind of a tradition in skating. I don't think the men really need sparkles, but for… — Kristi Yamaguchi
We have a long-standing tradition in this country to follow the advice of Senator Vandenberg, which is that politics ends at the water's edge. — Mitt Romney
The National Park Service today exemplifies one of the highest traditions of public service. — Stewart Udall
The cumulative effect of the Romantic theory of creativity, as played out in the context of belief in the virtue of the avant-garde, is that… — John Walford
It is short-sighted, not to say stupid, in the correct desire to be relevant as Christian artists in an unchristian age, to pick up the… — Calvin Seerveld
In the Classical tradition, deriving from ancient Greece and Rome, beauty was perceived as the means by which the artist captured the viewer's eye in… — John Walford
In this same tradition, beauty is inextricably bound up with the principles of order and harmony believed to underlie the cosmos. Artists in the Classical… — John Walford
Most people are fragile. They're fragile in the sense that they're afraid of the unknown, so they cling to each other. They cling to families,… — Frederick Lenz
It has long been a tradition among novel writers that a book must end by everybody getting just what they wanted, or if the conventional… — Willa Cather
We know something of the history of the spread of Christianity, but much passed from recorded memory and much was transmitted by tradition whose accuracy… — Kenneth Scott Latourette
My mother, whose family was heavily rabbinic, said she wanted me to continue the family tradition in the rabbinate. My father said he wanted me… — Norman Lamm
I like traditions, and the national anthem is important. — Kate Mara
All of our great traditions, religious, contemplative and artistic, say that you must a learn how to be alone - and have a relationship with… — David Whyte
We have learned so well how to absorb novelty that receptivity itself has turned into a kind of tradition- "the tradition of the new." Yesterdays… — Richard Hofstadter
The Christian tradition was passed on to me as a great rich mixture, a bouillabaisse of human imagination and wonder brewed from the richness of… — Mary Catherine Bateson

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