Baldwin gave expression to the longings of blacks in exalted prose. He was embraced, in the tradition of Negro Firsterism, even by those who never sat down with a book, as our preeminent literary spokesman, whether he liked it or not. Neither athlete nor entertainer, but nevertheless a star.
Darryl Pinckney
BookTraditionDownAthleteNever
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
GoodPeaceWarTraditionWillTalk
Any Democratic statement of core beliefs about the importance of families must include all our families, gay and straight. Our party has a long tradition of leading the charge on important questions of justice.
Jeanne Shaheen
JusticeQuestionsTraditionLongGay
For nearly 2,000 years, most people assumed that the only sources of tradition about Jesus and his disciples were the four gospels in the New Testament.
Elaine Pagels
PeopleTraditionNewYearsFour
In many ways I'm an experimental and new music composer that comes from a rural tradition rather than an urban one.
Sxip Shirey
MusicTraditionNewRuralUrban
Anybody who had come up with a new concept would have been under suspicion for being out of step with the tradition or out of step with the teachings of the church.
John Templeton
StepChurchTraditionNewOutUp
I want to make things of quality. I'm a big believer in handmade, tactile, crafted pieces. I want to keep that tradition alive.
Zac Posen
QualityTraditionAliveWantBig
My parents were teetotalers and my grandparents were - it's all the way back. It's New English puritanical tradition.
Penn Jillette
ParentsTraditionBackNewWayWere
The 'Evening News' is going to have a long run, both as a broadcast and as a presence online and on cellphones. It is a franchise with a very rich tradition.
Steve Capus
RichEveningTraditionLongRun
Every time I've gone in to create music and felt free and felt like I was actually creating something, it's turned out something I'm really proud of, so I try to keep that as a tradition.
Walker Hayes
MusicTimeFreeProudTraditionTry
Under normal conditions the research scientist is not an innovator but a solver of puzzles, and the puzzles upon which he concentrates are just those which he believes can be both stated and solved within the existing scientific tradition.
Thomas Kuhn
ResearchTraditionWithinNormalHe
Mehmet was the first sultan, and one of the first Muslims anywhere, to defy religious tradition by allowing his portrait to be made.
Stephen Kinzer
TraditionPortraitFirstMadeDefy
A poet clings to his own tradition and avoids internationalism.
Salvatore Quasimodo
TraditionOwnPoetInternationalism
Whatever your religious tradition is, if it's important to you and you don't feel comfortable talking about it, you end up coming across as insincere.
Tim Kaine
EndFeelTraditionTalkingYouUp
The assumption must be that those who can see value only in tradition, or versions of it, deny man's ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
Stephen Bayley
ManValueTraditionAdaptSeeMust
What I found particularly fascinating and satisfying about the Hindu tradition was its spirit of inclusiveness. In Sanatan Dharma, or what is commonly called Hinduism, I discovered the basic truths of all religions in a way that the oneness of God and religion is comprehensively understood.
Radhanath Swami
GodReligionTraditionSpiritWay
You can count on one hand the number of Novus Ordo churches in this country that feature a fully Catholic music program of any quality, consistent with the Roman rite tradition.
Richard Morris
MusicQualityTraditionYouCountry
The trouble with a series as it gets older is it can feel like a tradition, and tradition is the enemy of suspense, and it's the enemy of comedy. It's the enemy of everything, really. So you have to shake it up.
Steven Moffat
FeelComedyTraditionYouTrouble
Indians are marvelous storytellers. In some ways, that oral tradition is stronger than the written tradition.
N. Scott Momaday
TraditionStrongerIndiansThanSome
I think Hong Kong has always had this tradition of custom-made suits, which I've never done but love the idea of.
Nick Wooster
LoveThinkSuitsTraditionDone
I was raised in a Baptist tradition, but then I went to an Episcopalian high school, and they were very accepting of people of all faiths.
Tracy Chapman
SchoolPeopleHigh SchoolTradition
The epic poet has behind him a tradition of matter and a tradition of style; and that is what every other poet has behind him too; only, for the epic poet, tradition is rather narrower, rather more strictly compelling.
Lascelles Abercrombie
StyleTraditionMatterMoreHim
Something about the cultural tradition of Jews is way, way more sympathetic to science and learning and intellectual pursuits than Islam.
Richard Dawkins
LearningScienceTraditionIslamWay
Concealing one's true medical condition from the voting public is a time-honored tradition of the American presidency.
Robert Dallek
MedicalVotingAmericanTradition
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