#thanksgiving

There is no racial or ethnic involvement in Thanksgiving, and people who may be very distant from the Christian system can see the beauty and the positive spirit that comes from the holiday. ↗

— John Clayton

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Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

#be thankful #concentrate #end #enough #ever

I never drank except a couple sips of wine at Thanksgiving. ↗

— Carol Alt

#drank #except #i #never #thanksgiving

If you think about a Thanksgiving dinner, it's really like making a large chicken. ↗

— Ina Garten

#chicken #dinner #large #like #making

I absolutely adore Thanksgiving. It's the only holiday I insist on making myself. ↗

— Ina Garten

#adore #holiday #i #insist #making

It's so warm now, and Thanksgiving came so early - is it just me, or does it not really feel like Ramadan? ↗

— David Letterman

#does #early #feel #just #like

My favorite meal is turkey and mashed potatoes. I love Thanksgiving, it's just my favorite. I can have Thanksgiving all year round. ↗

— Cindy Margolis

#i #i can #i love #just #love

Dear Lord,” began Randy, who paused for long enough that Tristan sneaked an eye open to look at him. His saw his mother’s cheek twitch with what he thought might be apprehension. “We are so grateful to be gathered here today with our family, and the family of our brother’s homosexual boyfriend, and our new little goth friend who has a gay dad, whatever the heck that is all about. We’d like to say we’re grateful this year for condoms, lube, and Ellen Degeneres, and for those guys on Queer Eye…” Randall Evan Phillips!” his mother shouted. ↗

— Z.A. Maxfield

#thanksgiving #z-a-maxfield #family

It never takes longer than a few minutes, when they get together, for everyone to revert to the state of nature, like a party marooned by a shipwreck. That's what a family is. Also the storm at sea, the ship, and the unknown shore. And the hats and the whiskey stills that you make out of bamboo and coconuts. And the fire that you light to keep away the beasts. ↗

— Michael Chabon

#family #thanksgiving #family

Thanksgiving was nothing more than a pilgrim-created obstacle in the way of Christmas; a dead bird in the street that forced a brief detour. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#humor #thanksgiving #humor