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The one thing I've said to [Donald Trump] directly, and I would advise my Republican friends in Congress and supporters around the country, is just make sure that, as we go forward certain norms, certain institutional traditions don't get eroded, because there's a reason they're in place.

The Peacekeepers had a tradition that every problem had a solution. It was a nice slogan. Wasn't true, but it sounded good.

The piddling ignoramuses who deny that there is a distinct, discernible, objective western tradition are just woozy literati.

The preaching is part of the reason I don't go to church. Plus, I don't know, it was never part of my tradition.

There is a Jewish tradition of family, too, but then not all Italian or Jewish families are close.

There are some family traditions I don't want my children to carry on.

There can be no doubt that archaeology has confirmed the substantial historicity of Old Testament tradition.

There is a long-standing tradition in America of scoffing at poets, especially if they show any interest in politics.

There's a tradition in American fiction that is deadly serious and earnest - like the Steinbeckian social novel.

There is no tradition more worth of envy, no institution worthy of such loyalty, as the University of Georgia.

There is no such thing as a stationary tradition. Traditions are always developing, living things.

There's keen delight in what we have: The rattle of pebbles on the shore Under the receding wave.

There was an honorable tradition of using anonymous sources that was ruined by Jayson Blair.

The round-up is an aggressive tradition. I'm trying to objectively be a steward of the tradition and what it means in its choreography.

These musicians, such as these Cubans in Havana, are a part of a scene that did produce great music and great musicians. They came from this tradition, so it's a good place to look. It's like prospecting: You gotta know where to look.

The Sparks have always been committed to success and making the right moves to build upon their rich tradition in the WNBA.

The surplus of society overrides all our traditions and shapes all our philosophies.

The storytelling tradition that you bring from the South, I don't know where it arose, but it's still there. You can't go to the feed store, or the country courthouse without running into storytellers.

The tradition you have at the University of Texas is like no other.

The tradition of the oppressed teaches us that the "state of emergency" in which we live is not the exception but the rule.

The tradition of the camp fire faces that of the pyramid.

The trouble with a series as it gets older is it can feel like a tradition, and tradition is the enemy of suspense, and it's the enemy of comedy. It's the enemy of everything, really. So you have to shake it up.

The Thanksgiving tradition is, we gorge. Hey, what about at Thanksgiving we simply consume a considerable measure? However we do that consistently! Goodness. Imagine a scenario where we consume a ton with individuals who pester the heck out of us.

The traditions of the dead generations weigh like a nightmare upon the living.

The tradition of professional baseball always has been agreeably free of chivalry. The rule is, "Do anything you can get away with.

The vast majority of Muslims would never accept the lawfulness of an active homosexual lifestyle. I don't see that happening. But there is also no authority in the tradition for any individual to take things into his own hands and impose their version of the religion on someone else.

The yoga tradition asserts that lasting happiness is dependent on prospering both materially and spiritually.

The witches, the wise women, and the healers were also always the counselors. It's a whole other tradition of knowledge and learning that has been suppressed because it had political implications.

The yoga tradition provides one of humankind's most effective systems for achieving enrichment and happiness in every aspect of life.

The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society. ... There is little value in ensuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it.

To the best of my knowledge, when I became national secretary and, indeed, Victorian secretary, the - my predecessors in the union had detected wrong activities, activities which aren't in the best traditions of the AWU or, indeed, trade unionism.

This nation's impulse is toward the future, and tradition seems more of a shackle to it than an inspiration.

To me, the failure of liberalism - the tradition I come from - was not recognizing there has to be justice across the generations.

To be moral, correct, and virtuous is to be obedient to an old established law and custom.

Today's innovation is tomorrow's tradition.

Tradition is laziness.

Tradition is no longer a continuity but a series of sharp breaks. The modern tradition is the tradition of revolt.

Tradition is the albatross around the neck of progress.

Tradition: how the vitality of the past enriches the life of the present.

Tradition is a fine thing. Nothing comes out of the blue, except perhaps thunderbolts and they are not really very useful things.

Tradition is a kind of mental illness with a clear symptom of repetitiveness.

Tradition is tending the flame, not worshiping the ashes.

Tradition is the spreading of fire and not the veneration of ashes.

Tradition remains alive only when we struggle with it.

traditions that have lost their meaning are the hardest of all to destroy.

Tradition kills originality; you keep repeating the same things in tradition! Behave like the sky; always create new and different things; be original!

Tradition will accustom people to any atrocity

Traditions are lovely thingsto create traditions, that is, not to live off them.

Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe and aren't even aware of.

Tradition wears a snowy beard, romance is always young.