#traditions

The whole path of American music has been so much about the recognition of stylistic diversity, and the recognition of the importance of music which was from one of the vernacular traditions. ↗

— Michael Tilson Thomas

#american #american music #been #diversity #importance

Far from being the product of a democratic revolution and of an opposition to English institutions, the constitution of the United States was the result of a powerful reaction against democracy, and in favor of the traditions of the mother country. ↗

— John Acton

#being #constitution #country #democracy #democratic

I am a journalist in the field of etiquette. I try to find out what the most genteel people regularly do, what traditions they have discarded, what compromises they have made. ↗

— Amy Vanderbilt

#compromises #discarded #etiquette #field #find

The traditions of a nation are very important and the anthem written by Francis Scott Key in the early days of our nation should always be revered. ↗

— Lee Greenwood

#anthem #days #early #francis #important

There are two traditions in Northern Ireland. There are two main religious denominations. But there is only one true moral denomination. And it wants peace. ↗

— David Trimble

#denominations #ireland #main #moral #northern

The cleanest civilization I’ve ever seen…and the number one thing you pack for a wedding is a jar of dirt? ↗

— M.A. George

#paranormal-romance #sarcastic-humor #wedding-traditions #humor

The Gingerbread House has four walls, a roof, a door, a window, and a chimney. It is decorated with many sweet culinary delights on the outside. But on the inside there is nothing—only the bare gingerbread walls. It is not a real house—not until you decide to add a Gingerbread Room. That’s when the stories can move in. They will stay in residence for as long as you abstain from taking the first gingerbread bite. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#gingerbread #gingerbread-house #holiday #holidays #house

If I have smashed the traditions, it was because I knew no traditions. ↗

— Maude Adams

#i #knew #smashed #traditions

Remarkable is the greater openness of the Catholic Church towards people of other religious traditions and persuasions. The development has not been without problems, since some people have resisted it and others have pushed openness beyond the desirable point. ↗

— Francis Arinze

#beyond #catholic #catholic church #church #desirable

War on terrorism defines the central preoccupation of the United States in the world today, and it does reflect in my view a rather narrow and extremist vision of foreign policy of the world's first superpower, of a great democracy, with genuinely idealistic traditions. ↗

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

#defines #democracy #does #extremist #first