#tradition

What is supposed to be the very essence of Judaism - which is the notion that it is by study that you make yourself a holy people - is nowhere present in Hebrew tradition before the end of the first or the beginning of the second century of the Common Era. ↗

— Harold Bloom

#beginning #century #common #end #era

If you think of even Tolstoy or a book like 'Anna Karenina,' you go from character to character, and each section is from the third person perspective of a different character, so you get to see the whole world a little more kaleidoscopically that way. That's traditional narrative manner, and I haven't done a book like that before, but I enjoyed it. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#before #book #character #different #done

Almost every venerable tradition at a men's club starts out as a joke. ↗

— Joe Bob Briggs

#club #every #joke #men #out

Traditional marriage is what should be sanctioned. ↗

— Jeb Bush

#sanctioned #should #traditional #traditional marriage

I'm not a traditional politician, and I have a sense of humor. I'll try to soften it and become boring, maybe even very boring, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to. ↗

— Silvio Berlusconi

#become #boring #even #humor #i

My mum was very conscious about fashion and my dad was born into the tailoring tradition, so fashion has always been my life, although now, really, I wear the same thing - just in different weights - light and heavy cashmere in winter and cotton in summer. ↗

— Domenico Dolce

#although #always #been #born #conscious

Well, it's a - I don't want to disappoint you, but it's a time worn tradition of Australian Governments over many years not to get into any discussion about that aspect of intelligence matters. ↗

— Alexander Downer

#any #aspect #australian #disappoint #discussion

There's not a long, entrenched tradition of theatergoing in Australia. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#entrenched #long #tradition

I think it can be hard for any man to sometimes be upstaged by his wife. So when I'm home, I work very hard to be Todd's wife and Jade's mother. I have no problem going back to those traditional roles. I try to be Giada, the young girl that he met 20 years ago and fell in love with. ↗

— Giada De Laurentiis

#any #back #fell #girl #going

There's probably more in the American tradition than people give the place credit for. ↗

— Donald Judd

#american tradition #credit #give #more #people