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“I've always thought New Year's Day was an especially American tradition, full of the optimism and hope we're famous for in our daily lives -- an energy and confidence we call the American spirit. Perhaps because we know we control our own destiny, we believe deep down inside that working together we can make each new year better than the old.”

Knows Years Believe Together Spirit Energy Destiny Tradition Optimism Working Together Daily Life New Year Deep Down Together We Can American Spirit American Tradition Optimism And Hope

Book:Ronald Reagan

Source: Ronald Reagan

“Some kids have never seen what a real tomato looks like off the vine. They don't know where a cucumber comes from. And that really affects the way they view food. So a garden helps them really get their hands dirty, literally, and understand the whole process of where their food comes from. And I wanted them to see just how challenging and rewarding it is to grow your own food, so that they would better understand what our farmers are doing every single day across this country and have an appreciation for ... that American tradition of growing our own food and feeding ourselves.”

“We use a Native American tradition of the talking stick. You sit and pass it around and whoever has the stick has to talk. Some people just hold it. Others really share.”

People Use Talking Share Tradition Sticks Native Native American Uprising American Tradition

Author:Lisa Bonet

“In deference to American traditions, my family put our oven to rare use at Thanksgiving during my childhood, with odd roast-turkey experiments involving sticky-rice stuffing or newfangled basting techniques that we read about in magazines.”

Use Childhood Tradition My Family Technique Experiments Magazines Odd Turkeys Rice Involving Ovens Sticky Deference American Tradition

Author:Jennifer Lee

“Self-help and self-control are the essence of the American tradition.”

Self Helping Self Help Tradition Essence Self Control American Tradition

Book:The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Source: The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt

“There is a long American tradition of suspicion of concentrated economic power because of its tendency to corrupt government and turn it from a democracy into a plutocracy.”

Long Government Political Turns Democracy Economic Tradition Tendencies Suspicion Economic Power Plutocracy American Tradition Corrupt Government

Book:Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United

Source: Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United

“Come on, it's an American tradition. Apple soup? Mom's homemade chicken pie?' She chuckled in spite of herself, then winced. 'It's apple pie and Mom's homemade chicken soup. But you didn't do badly, for a start.”

Romance Mom Tradition Apples Spite Chickens Pie Soup Homemade Apple Pie American Tradition Chicken Soup

Author:L. J. Smith