We should train kids in the music and dance of our legends. That’s how we can keep the traditions alive.
It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite in tune with the oldest traditions of the country.
While we Brits love a curry, the French get their spicy kicks from the culinary traditions bestowed by their North African population.
No, traditions and norms aren’t rules in the Constitution. There’s a difference between a tradition and a law.
Chimps don’t have language. Humans actively instruct others about how things should be done. Chimpanzees probably pick up cultural traditions by observation.
I’ve seen a lot of the United States, having stayed in so many different cities and towns for work. It’s such a strange and fascinating country, and instead of learning about it through a textbook, I would rather discover its history and traditions and institutions through fiction and nonfiction writers.
We pride ourselves on our democratic traditions, but in Canada, women couldn’t vote until 1918, Asians until 1948, and First Nations people living on reserves until 1960.
As you know, the South is known for its hospitality, traditions, football, pageants, and food. Football is almost like a religion here. People say their priorities are faith, family, and then football. People eat, breathe, and sleep it in the South. It’s a huge deal.
At United, there are great traditions, which you can’t buy in one or two years. They are created by victories. You need to prove again and again that you are better than the others. Manchester United have always done this, and are still doing it, so they are the best.
Australia will always be closer to the U.S. than she is to China because our values and political traditions are much closer.
We live in an age in which the biblical-moral traditions that have guided us for centuries are increasingly being forgotten.
Fans talk to me about how ‘Country Christmas’ has become a holiday tradition for them and that they all watch to start their holiday season. To be a part of people’s holiday traditions is a real joy.
There are storytelling traditions that come from Africa that are unique from anywhere else.
And we had our own laws. I mean, I wrote them. And we had our own customs, and traditions, and proprieties.
I lived next to Russian soldiers. We had Russian army guys in our house when I grew up. We made lemonade for them; they were everywhere. I had a Russian school. I grew up with Russian traditions, I know Russian songs… it infiltrates me a lot. I even speak a little Russian.
Saddam’s ouster will not necessarily lead to the same result, since Iraq lacks democratic traditions. Democracy doesn’t just consist of holding elections.
A secure pluralistic society requires communities that are educated and confident both in the identity and depth of their own traditions and in those of their neighbours.
I’m a big believer in creating family traditions. Every Tuesday morning, I make a proper eggs breakfast, and we all sit down and eat.
One way to look at meditation is as a kind of intrapsychic technology that’s been developed over thousands of years by traditions that know a lot about the mind/body connection.
I think that food ties us to our community and our traditions, and it’s the thing that makes us feel good and connected.
Both Jewish and Roman sources and traditions admit an empty tomb.
Manchester United has a rich heritage and we recognize our responsibility to live up to its great traditions and values.
Regrettably, many religious traditions exacerbate our innate proclivity to divide the world into two clearly demarcated camps, and in doing so, this fans the flames of intolerance and hate.
