#tradition

We shall listen, not lecture; learn, not threaten. We will enhance our safety by earning the respect of others and showing respect for them. In short, our foreign policy will rest on the traditional American values of restraint and empathy, not on military might. ↗

— Theodore C. Sorensen

#american values #earning #empathy #enhance #foreign

As a matter of traditional and sound constitutional doctrine, an amendment to the Constitution should be the last resort when all other measures have proved inadequate. ↗

— Arlen Specter

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I believe that all poetry is formal in that it exists within limits, limits that are either inherited by tradition or limits that language itself imposes. ↗

— Mark Strand

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It is characteristic of the epistemological tradition to present us with partial scenarios and then to demand whole or categorical answers as it were. ↗

— Avrum Stroll

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I'm sure if we had made an album that was more traditional would have been released immediately. When we actually play this music on stage and people become familiar with it, it will become more popular. ↗

— Mick Taylor

#album #become #been #familiar #had

I'm a big romantic, traditional, cheesy guy. ↗

— Josh Hutcherson

#cheesy #guy #i #romantic #traditional

My use of the medium - photography - is in some ways traditional. ↗

— Andres Serrano

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Since there will be no one left to talk peace after the next war, it makes good sense to break with tradition and hold the peace conference first. ↗

— William Glasser

#break #conference #first #good #good sense

Family traditions counter alienation and confusion. They help us define who we are; they provide something steady, reliable and safe in a confusing world. ↗

— Susan Lieberman

#confusing #confusion #counter #define #family

I'm actually not a huge circus fan in the traditional sense, but I like a lot of the circus trappings of striped tents and caramel. I lean more towards Cirque du Soleil than Barnum and Bailey. ↗

— Erin Morgenstern

#bailey #circus #fan #huge #i