“To AMC's credit, I think what they saw was the show doesn't exist in the marketplace. They knew that there was a hunger for a martial arts show. They also knew that you have this strong tradition of martial arts cinema, so even though it's not branded by a novel or a comic book or an old movie or something, we do have the genre itself, which people love.” PeopleThinkingArtBookShowsStrongNovelSawsTraditionHungerCreditComicGenreCinemaMartial ArtsComic BookMarketplaceBrandedOld Movie Author:Alfred Gough
“Without doubt, the foremost band for decades has been the One O'Clock Lab Band at the University of North Texas. Through its many incarnations and under various leaders, they have demonstrated the highest qualities of musicianship imaginable, plus a willingness to balance their big band tradition with creative exploration. Astounding ensemble work, insightful interpretations of the arrangements, imaginative writing, and above all, a loving attention to musicality . . . these people play beautifully.” PeopleWritingHas BeensPlayBigsAttentionQualityLeaderCreativeDoubtBalanceBandHighestTraditionUniversityVariousDecadesClockInterpretationPlusWillingnessExplorationInsightfulTexasArrangementsImaginativeIncarnationLabsEnsembleMusicianshipMusicality Author:Gary Burton
“I regard it as a duty which I owed, not just to my people, but also to my profession, to the practice of law, and to the justice for all mankind, to cry out against this discrimination which is essentially unjust and opposed to the whole basis of the attitude towards justice which is part of the tradition of legal training in this country. I believed that in taking up a stand against this injustice I was upholding the dignity of what should be an honorable profession.” PeopleShouldCountryWholeLawJusticeAttitudePracticeMankindCryDutyTrainingTraditionDignityBasesRegardInjusticeProfessionDiscriminationHonorableUnjustJustice For All Author:Nelson Mandela
“In the Jewish tradition of the Bible it says, "Speak to her softly, so that she will want to engage in sexual activity." In today's world, there's a little bit of a danger in that people don't really talk to each other. You see couples walking in the street, each one of them texting someone else. That worries me.” PeopleWorldWantLittlesTodaySpeakBitsWorryStreetsDangerCoupleWalkingActivityLittle BitTraditionTextingToday's WorldJewish Tradition Author:Ruth Westheimer
“Hollywood industry people are very spoiled. I don't think they can adjust to the insane, no-money, super-hard working tradition of Japanese filmmaking. I don't think any American can go through that. They don't want to work more than twelve hours and they want Saturday and Sunday off.” PeopleThinkingWantHardHoursHard WorkIndustryTraditionHollywoodInsaneSundayTwelveFilmmakingSaturdayNo MoneySpoiledSaturday And Sunday Author:Ryuhei Kitamura
“We're in a very, very profound crisis. It's so obvious that no one in the power structure, either the corporate power structure or the political power structure, knows what to do or is willing to do what's necessary in relationship both to global war and global warming. It's so obvious that conditions are getting worse for the great majority of Americans. It's so obvious also that we face a very serious danger from people who feel, see themselves only as victims. And we have to somehow, in a very loving way, help the American people to recover the best that is in our traditions.” PeopleKnowsWayFeelsWarHelpingFacesPoliticalConditionsDangerWillingSeriousTraditionCrisisVictimMajorityStructureProfoundObviousCorporateGlobal WarmingPolitical Power Author:Grace Lee Boggs
“The people of Iran have been battling against consecutive conflicts between tradition and modernity for over 100 years... some have tried and are trying to see the world through the eyes of their predecessors and to deal with the problems and difficulties of the existing world by virtue of the values of the ancients... many others...seek to go forth in step with world developments and not lag behind the caravan of civilization, development and progress.” PeopleWorldYearsHas BeensProblemEyeValuesDealsBehindsStepsVirtueProgressDevelopmentCivilizationConflictTraditionDifficultyIranModernityPredecessorsThrough The EyesLagCaravansConsecutive Author:Shirin Ebadi
“The great tradition of America is one where people can worship the way they want to worship. And if they choose not to worship, they're just as patriotic as your neighbor. That is an essential part of why we are a great nation. If you're a Jew or a Christian or a Muslim, you're equally American.” PeopleIfsWayWantChristianAmericaNationsEssentialsWorshipTraditionJewNeighborPatrioticGreat Nations Author:George W. Bush
“I'm no respecter of tradition and I have no time for the Manchester Uniteds and Arsenals of this world. There's nothing to admire in these clubs. They're just bullshit worlds full of bullshit people.” PeopleWorldUnitedThis WorldTraditionClubsAdmireBullshitManchesterArsenalManchester United Author:Simon Jordan
“Many Americans believe marriage is between a man and a woman, and we need to celebrate marriage as the best way to provide stability for children. For people who live by the clear teaching of many different faith traditions and people who simply believe in the sanctity of marriage, it is essential that their views are respected.” PeopleMenWayNeedsBelieveChildrenDifferentViewsClearTeachingEssentialsTraditionBest WayCelebrateLive ByStabilitySanctityDifferent FaithsSanctity Of Marriage Author:James Lankford
“The odd thing about tradition is, the longer it's been going, the more people seem to take it seriously - as though sheer passage of time makes something which to begin with was just made up, turns it into what people believe as a fact.” PeopleBelieveMadeFactsSeemsTurnsTraditionOddPassagesSheerPassage Of TimeOdd Things Author:Richard Dawkins
“On this day, millions of people...throughout the world will gather to commemorate the life of Patrick, patron saint of Ireland. From his days as a slave in Ireland to his work as missionary years later, St. Patrick demonstrated a courage, commitment, and faith that won the hearts and minds of the Irish people. St. Patrick's Day also serves as a time for people of Irish descent from all traditions and religions to honor their native land and shared heritage. Their devotion to family, faith, and community has strengthened our country's character.” PeopleWorldYearsMindHeartCountryCharacterCommunityMillionsLandHonorCommitmentTraditionSlaveSaintDevotionOur CountryNativeThis DayHeritageMissionaryIrelandHeart And MindDescentPatronNative LandHaving StrengthSt PatrickSt Patrick's Day Author:George W. Bush
“The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite principles, absolute power on the one hand, and on the other the restraints of legality and the authority of tradition.” PeopleHandsGovernmentChoicesPrinciplesDemocracyFateDependsAuthorityTraditionOppositesAbsolutesRestraintSovereigntyAbsolute PowerLegality Author:Lord Acton
“Musicians coming together at a time of need is one of the great traditions in this country. It's like people taking charge.” PeopleNeedsCountryTogetherMusicianTraditionComing TogetherTime Of NeedTaking Charge Author:Mark O'Connor
“When I am engaging with people of other religious faiths, I find myself unable to commit to their conclusions or agree with their assessments. Yet at the same time I come away encouraged by spiritual truths found in their traditions, thrilled by new insights into my own faith, and more passionate than ever about being a disciple of Christ.” PeopleSpiritualFoundChristReligiousMy OwnTraditionAgreePassionateInsightCommitConclusionDiscipleEngagingReligious FaithAssessmentSpiritual Truth Book:Nudge: Awakening Each Other to the God Who's Already There Source: Nudge: Awakening Each Other to the God Who's Already There
“One can be a faithful disciple of Jesus Christ without denying the flickers of the sacred in followers of Yahweh, or Kali, or Krishna. A globalization of evangelism 'in connection' with others, and a globally 'in-formed' gospel, is capable of talking across the fence with Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Muslim - people from other so called 'new' religious traditions ('new' only to us) - without assumption of superiority and power” PeopleJesusChristReligiousTalkingSweetCapableJesus ChristTraditionConnectionsSacredBuddhistFaithfulAssumptionFollowersDiscipleSuperiorityFenceGlobalizationEvangelismKrishnaFlickerReligious TraditionsYahwehKali Author:Leonard Sweet
“The titles of Jesus (son of God, messiah, light of the world, etc.) are not found in the earliest layer of tradition and are not part of self proclamation of Jesus. This does not make them wrong. Rather, they are the voice of the community, statements about what people around Jesus thought of him.” PeopleWorldDoeSelfLightFoundJesusVoiceCommunitySonTraditionStatementsTitlesEtcLayersMessiahProclamationLight Of The World Author:Marcus Borg
“I wondered if there was a way to teach people how to use their imaginations in prayer and worship. So I began reading books on cognitive therapy and neuroscience and started studying the devotional traditions of the church.” PeopleIfsWayBookUseReadingImaginationChurchPrayerTeachStudyWorshipTraditionTherapyReading BooksNeuroscienceCognitiveDevotionalCognitive Therapy Author:Gregory A. Boyd
“Because there's such a long tradition of the arts being very prominent and very varied in Cuban culture and society, people do use the art world as a space for critical reflection and people look to it for that.” PeopleWorldLooksLongArtUseCultureSpaceReflectionArt IsTraditionCriticalCubanProminentArt WorldCritical Reflection Author:Rachael Price
“This is why God created so many different religions: to be training grounds to make a path for every people, culture, custom, and tradition. Religions polish people to be qualified to enter the region of the original homeland. Because of humankind's many different cultural backgrounds, God sought and set the standard of comparison and has been leading the way toward one unified religious world.” PeopleWorldWayHas BeensDifferentCultureReligiousPathTrainingStandardsTraditionOriginalsBackgroundsComparisonRegionsCustomsHumankindQualifiedPolishHomelandUnifiedDifferent ReligionsLeading The WayCustoms And Traditions Author:Sun Myung Moon
“I have complete confidence in the American people and our legal traditions and the prosecutors, the tough prosecutors from New York who specialize in terrorism.” PeopleToughTraditionTerrorismProsecutor Author:Barack Obama
“People read a lot of stories about witches, fairies, paranormals, and children possessed by evil spirits. They go to films showing rituals featuring pentagrams, swords, and invocations. That's fine, people need to give free reign to their imagination and to go through certain stages. Anyone who gets through those stages without being deceived will eventually get in touch with the Tradition.” PeopleNeedsGivingChildrenStoriesFilmSpiritCertainEvilImaginationStageFineTraditionParanormalFairyRitualWitchPossessedReignDeceivedEvil SpiritsInvocationBeing DeceivedPentagrams Author:Paulo Coelho
“People never heard bells in Western music sounding really cataclysmic. You hear that more in Russian music or in Asian, Indonesian traditions.” PeopleHeardTraditionWesternBellsAsianWestern Music Author:Charlemagne Palestine
“Everyone understood [Charlie Hebdo], as people had understood for hundreds of years, knowing that Rabelaisian tradition of French satire, they knew how to read it. And they understood the kind of release from piety that it represented every week.” PeopleYearsKindKnowingWeekUnderstoodTraditionReleaseSatireCharliePietyCharlie Hebdo Author:Scott Simon
“It's once I discover the people inside that the story really gets going, and then the formal invention becomes less important. It's just the way in; it's the door; and then what's behind it is always some kind of people, which I think probably makes me more in the tradition of realistic fiction because that's usually what I'm interested in, the people.” PeopleThinkingWayKindImportantStoriesBehindsFictionDoorsTraditionInventionRealisticFormalRealistic Fiction Author:Jess Walter
“We've never had a giant circulation. And we've always been a magazine for writers and for sophisticated readers. We've never had to run stories that would appeal to a million people. And what you end up with is a kind of tradition that might have staying power - the cockroach after armageddon.” PeopleKindEndsStoriesMightRunningMillionsReaderTraditionMagazinesAppealsGiantsStayingSophisticatedCirculationArmageddonCockroachesStaying Power Author:Lorin Stein
“The whole immigration issue suggests the inevitability of people in our time seeking economic security that they can't find at home, which usually involves bringing their religion with them. One's children are going to be married to people outside their religious traditions as well as inside.” PeopleWellsChildrenWholeHomeReligiousIssuesEconomicSecurityMarriedTraditionSeekingImmigrationOur TimeBeing MarriedInevitabilityReligious TraditionsEconomic Security Author:Thomas Keating
“The spiritual traditions of all the religions have certain similarities that are unmistakable. They share many of the same basic practices like sacred reading, spiritual guidance, moderation in eating, drinking and sexual expression, and above all, trying to be aware of the presence of God in other people and in everyday life.” PeopleTryingSpiritualCertainReadingPracticeShareExpressionEatingTraditionSacredDrinkingEverydayGuidanceEveryday LifeModerationSimilarityPresence Of GodSpiritual Guidance Author:Thomas Keating
“Finding out what particular insights mean to people in other traditions enables us not only to respect but to love the wisdom of other religions.” PeopleMeanParticularFindingsTraditionInsight Author:Thomas Keating
“When I say corrupting, I mean taking over and politicizing them for the express purpose of advancing the leftist agenda. And the advancement of the leftist agenda in large part consists of destroying institutions, traditions, people, policies, what have you, that the left considers to be obstacles to their efforts to blow everything up.” PeopleMeanPurposeLeftEffortPolicyTraditionInstitutionsBlowObstaclesAgendasDestroyingAdvancementAdvancingLeftists Author:Rush Limbaugh
“It's really easy for someone to say no one should have guns when they're guarded by people with MP-5s. It's a little bit different. I'm always mentioned in that article as well because I'm a staunch believer in the Second Amendment. I shoot virtually every weekend. I'm a big outdoorsman. I believe in all those traditions. And I believe it's important for people to be able to defend themselves.” PeopleShouldBelieveWellsLittlesImportantDifferentBigsAbleI BelieveEasyBitsLittle BitGunTraditionShould HaveI Believe InBelieverArticlesWeekendAmendmentsSecond AmendmentGuardedMpsOutdoorsman Author:Sean Hannity
“Shambhala is a tradition where there were rulers, kings, and powerful people who actually were very benevolent and kind. They got things done, and they didn't abandon their tradition.” PeopleKindDonePowerfulKingsTraditionAbandonRulersThings DoneBenevolentShambhala Author:Sakyong Mipham
“We live in a culture where information is becoming easier to access. Certain special practices have been kept very quiet and secret, and those traditions need to be respected. But there are a lot of teachings people can access that would benefit them greatly.” PeopleNeedsHas BeensCertainCultureSecretPracticeTeachingSpecialInformationBecomingEasierQuietBenefitsTraditionAccess Author:Sakyong Mipham
“I think people, if you really want to be happy, you have to find God yourself, and you're going to have to have a personal, one-on-one relationship and not look to get through these traditions or these rituals and all this crazy stuff when you could talk to him right here, right now, anytime, anywhere, any place, from any position. And that's the kind of relationship you want, not a standard.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantLooksKindStuffCrazyPositionRight NowStandardsTraditionRitualWant To Be HappyOne On One Author:Ice Cube
“Just as some of the most ardent political ideologues in the West are young people, revolutionaries, the '60s generation, - in Islam some of the most religious people are the youngsters. But more important than that, the prophet - in his writings, in his traditions - and the Koran itself say that the Muslim youth are the ones whom the future depends on and that it's up to them to do the fighting.” PeopleWritingImportantYoungPoliticalFightingReligiousGenerationsYouthDependsTraditionWestIslamRevolutionaryProphetYoungstersArdentIdeologues Author:Michael Scheuer
“I have to make the very best judgments I can make in terms of what's gonna keep the American people safe. And is what, what's gonna uphold our Constitution and our traditions of due process.” PeopleI CanProcessTermSafeJudgmentTraditionConstitutionDuesDue Process Author:Barack Obama
“I just trust the people involved. Marvel and DC for the last 16 years - is that 90 percent of the time it's incredible top talent. Like, this is what makes it different from the pre-2000 superhero movies. I would say, except Tim Burton and Richard Donner, it was generally, comic book movies were done by guys who weren't that into the material and people who didn't really respect the stuff. But as everything, whether it's Wolverine, X-Men, Avengers, Batman, all these things, it's just been done by top-tier people. I have total confidence that they'll continue that tradition of being great.” PeopleMenYearsBookDifferentDoneLastsGuyStuffTalentMaterialsInvolvedPercentTraditionIncrediblesComicComic BookSuperheroX MenAvengers Author:Mark Millar
“There is a complexity and layering that goes on with this kind of thing, so the music is slightly repetitive and when I say repetitive it's in the same tradition as people like Steve Reich or Erik Satie or even WC.” PeopleKindGoes OnMusic IsTraditionComplexityRepetitive Author:DJ Spooky
“The point for me is people who are atheists or are coming from different religious traditions; they are coming from their own sources and specific roots. We should analyze these.” PeopleShouldDifferentReligiousSourceTraditionRootsAtheistReligious Traditions Author:Tariq Ramadan
“In November [2016], Americans are gonna have to make a decision about what we care about and who we are. We get these spasms of politics around immigration and fearmongering and then our traditions and our history and our better impulses kick in. That's how we all ended up here. 'Cause I guarantee you at some point every one of us has somebody in our background who people didn't want coming here. And yet here we are.” PeopleWantCareCausesDecisionTraditionBackgroundsImmigrationImpulseKicksWho We AreGuaranteesNovember Author:Barack Obama
“I think the media has become incredibly corrupt. We used to have a profound tradition of investigative journalism in the United States. Some journalists were real heroes, such as Bob Woodward who helped uncover the Watergate scandal. But today he is leading the opposite charge, trying to bring down the careers of people and score easy victories. In other words, those who used to bust the status quo have now become the status quo.” PeopleThinkingTryingRealStatesTodayUsedEasyUnitedCareersUnited StatesMediaHeroVictoryTraditionOppositesProfoundJournalismJournalistScoreBobStatus QuoScandalWatergateReal HeroesInvestigative Journalism Author:Marianne Williamson
“In the music business I am surrounded by people who don't view music as a sacred voice. They view music as something that they can use and exploit, often times lazily. They have no sense of the tradition, they have no sense of honor about those who came before and charted the path.” PeopleUseVoiceViewsPathHonorTraditionSacredExploitsMusic Business Author:Billy Corgan
“I put up with the music business because I understand that I'm in the tradition, I'm in a tradition that's of far greater importance than the business I seem to be in. Everywhere I go in the world, people ask me about the business that I seem to be in, but I'm not really in that business.” PeopleWorldSeemsAsksGreaterTraditionImportanceAsk MeMusic Business Author:Billy Corgan
“Paul Robeson once said that the artist has the responsibility to either help liberate the community or further oppress it. And I think that when Eldridge Cleaver wrote it down it was interpreted as his, but there's a history of people saying things of that nature and meaning it. And what I do is in that tradition, in that mode.” PeopleThinkingSaidHelpingArtistCommunityResponsibilityTraditionCleaver Author:Gil Scott-Heron
“[ To break the law] would still be an imperative. I guess we do it for both reasons. You try to be a Christian, you try to come from that tradition of the Jewish prophets and then Christ and everything since. That becomes your handbook. "Witness" is the key word. You witness against the injustice, against the atrocity, against the heavy-handedness, and all the rest. We try to make a statement to other people, and we try to say it's your responsibility, too.” PeopleTryingStillsReasonChristianLawChristResponsibilityBreakKeysTraditionInjusticeHeavyStatementsWitnessProphetImperativesAtrocities Author:Philip Berrigan
“Dalai Lama is very interested in learning from and sharing tips with people in other traditions, but he always stresses that we shouldn't underestimate the important differences between them.” PeopleImportantDifferencesTraditionStressUnderestimateLamaDalai Author:Pico Iyer
“People struggle most with seeing new ways of doing things and often need help in breaking through their tradition-bound mindsets.” PeopleWayNeedsHelpingStruggleSeeingTraditionBoundsMindsetNew WaysNeed HelpNew Ways Of Doing Things Author:Stewart D. Friedman
“I would like people to feel that they've understood something more about Siena than the usual Palio as seen by tourists. It is full of beauty, romance and tradition, but also power, schemes and bribery. It's Italy in a nutshell, with all its incredible mixture of beauty and betrayal.” PeopleFeelsRomanceUnderstoodTraditionIncrediblesBetrayalUsualSchemesMixturesTouristsBribery Author:Cosima Spender
“The United States' poetry emerged when there was a high literacy rate in the United States, even in the 19th century. People read the poetry when it was written. In Ireland, there was a poor literacy rate and people remember that poetry. That was handed on as a memorial tradition.” PeopleStatesRememberPoorUnitedUnited StatesWrittenCenturyTraditionRateIrelandLiteracyMemorial19th Century Author:Eavan Boland
“They are the kinds of things that make us a community: attachment to place, attachment to local arts traditions, the ability to read literature, the ability to look at paintings, the sense of connectedness to the land, the sense of community that comes from people taking care of their own.” PeopleLooksKindArtCareLiteratureCommunityAbilityLandPaintingTraditionLocalsAttachmentConnectedness Author:Robert Hass