#tradition

No one thinks of Mexico and Peru as black. But Mexico and Peru together got 700,000 Africans in the slave trade. The coast of Acapulco was a black city in the 1870s. And the Veracruz Coast on the gulf of Mexico and the Costa Chica, south of Acapulco are traditional black lands. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#city #coast #got #gulf #lands

The Masters is one of golf's greatest traditions and Augusta is one of the best courses in the world. They are synonymous. It's an event that every golfer, and golf fan, looks forward to. ↗

— Mike Weir

#courses #event #every #fan #forward

To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own judgment, is but to exchange one danger for another. ↗

— Richard Whately

#avoid #corrupted #danger #exchange #follow

Organisations are now confronted with two sources of change: the traditional type that is initiated and managed; and external changes over which no one has control. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#changes #confronted #control #external #initiated

What I'm going to be given I gather is not the key to the city, which in many cities is the case. It's the freedom medal, and for me freedom has always been associated traditionally within the city. ↗

— George Woodcock

#associated #been #case #cities #city

Apart from Scottish traditional music, I wasn't really influenced by any kind of music. I just basically followed my own instincts. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#apart #basically #followed #i #influenced

Once you're in a particular country, and you're surrounded by musicians who are so adept at traditional music, you suddenly realize how much there is to explore and digest and learn and experience. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#country #digest #experience #explore #how

Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe, aren't even aware of. ↗

— Ellen Goodman

#deep #describe #driven #even #minds

We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs. ↗

— Mikhail Gorbachev

#abandoning #anyone #convictions #nor #our

The traditional practice is that the justices don't ask the attorney general any questions, so as not to embarrass him. But Bobby Kennedy had let them know that he didn't mind if they asked him questions and they did. ↗

— Harold H. Greene

#ask #asked #attorney #attorney general #bobby