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    I'm an old-fashioned guy... I want to be an old man with a beer belly sitting on a porch, looking at a lake or something.

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Tradition may be defined as an extension of the franchise. Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all read more

Tradition may be defined as an extension of the franchise. Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead.

by G. K. Chesterton Found in: Tradition Quotes,
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When you tell a story you automatically talk about traditions, but they're never separate from the people, the human implications. read more

When you tell a story you automatically talk about traditions, but they're never separate from the people, the human implications. You're talking about your connections as a human being.

by Gayl Jones Found in: Tradition Quotes,
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Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, but that the dead are living.

Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, but that the dead are living.

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Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe read more

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.

by Ellen Goodman Found in: Tradition Quotes,
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Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.

Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.

by Lewis Mumford Found in: Tradition Quotes,
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The bird that would soar above the plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.

The bird that would soar above the plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.

by Kate Chopin Found in: Tradition Quotes,
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As soon as tradition has come to be recognized as tradition, it is dead.

As soon as tradition has come to be recognized as tradition, it is dead.

by Allan Bloom Found in: Tradition Quotes,
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You must be in tune with the times and prepared to break with tradition.

You must be in tune with the times and prepared to break with tradition.

by James Agee Found in: Tradition Quotes,
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What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and in the human imagination, when read more

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and in the human imagination, when love, worship, and all that lies in the human heart, is there to encourage it.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Tradition Quotes,
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