Heritage Quotes - Page 26

• I love the outdoors, I love climbing mountains. But I also like to walk down the street in New York in the fall and go to a bar. So what I require of a jacket is different, but it still has that heritage.

  Sam Heughan

  New York, Fall, Climbing

  Source: www.elle.com

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• In the coming decades, questions of identity, meaning cultural heritage, language, and religion will play a central role in politics.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Play, Identity, Roles

  Interview with Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. 2006.

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• It was a huge deal, a huge musical discovery that became life lessons learned. You can't return from having an experience like that. The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.

  Ben Harper

  Life Lesson, Boys, Discovery

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• Natural beauty and wonder are priceless heirlooms which God has bestowed upon our nation. How shall we escape the contempt of the coming generation if we suffer this irreplaceable heritage to be wasted?

  Henry Van Dyke

  Suffering, Generations, Heirlooms

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• When I took the job as Estée Lauder's creative director, the first thing I did was go into the archives! I love taking our heritage and making it modern.

  Aerin Lauder

  Jobs, Creative, Directors

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• The story of Kal-El is actually a great story about adoption. He is an alien who has embraced his human side. As much as he loves and honours his heritage, and he needed to know where he came from and discover who he was, he has to decide who he is going to be.

  Charles Roven

  Adoption, Stories, Sides

  Source: www.denofgeek.com

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• If you're into the brand and the heritage of the brand, you can always remember where you got your first Fred Perry Shirt, and for me I was nine years old

  Bradley Wiggins

  Years, Nine, Firsts

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• Perhaps no custom reveals our character as a Nation so clearly as our celebration of Thanksgiving Day. Rooted deeply in our Judeo-Christian heritage, the practice of offering thanksgiving underscores our unshakable belief in God as the foundation of our Nation and our firm reliance upon Him from Whom all blessings flow.

  Ronald Reagan

  Christian, Character, Blessing

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• Our language and literature are without a doubt Britain's greatest contribution to the cultural heritage of the world.

  Tessa Jowell

  Doubt, Literature, World

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• We have been the benefactors of our cultural heritage and the victims of our cultural narrowness.

  Stanley Krippner

  Victim, Benefactors, Has Beens

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• Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Years, People, Needs

  Letter to the Abbés Chalut and Arnaud, April 17, 1787.

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• America now stands as the world's foremost power. We should be proud: Not since the age of the Romans have one people achieved such preeminence. But we are not Romans; we do not seek an empire. We are Americans, trustees of a vision and a heritage that commit us to the values of democracy and the universal cause of human rights.

  John F. Kerry

  Pride, Rights, America

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• Let us solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly, on the seas, in the air, and on foreign shores, to preserve our heritage of freedom, and let us reconsecrate ourselves to the task of promoting an enduring peace so that their efforts shall not have been in vain.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Sacrifice, Air, Sea

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• Because men have a history, it is difficult for them to imagine what it is like to grow up without one, or the sense of personal expansion that comes from discovering that we women have a worthy heritage. Along with pride often comes rage – rage that one has been deprived of such a significant knowledge.

  Judy Chicago

  Growing Up, Pride, Men

  Judy Chicago (2007). “The Dinner Party: From Creation to Preservation”, Merrell Pub Limited

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• But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves. The world's entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries in books and journals, is increasingly being digitized and locked up by a handful of private corporations. Want to read the papers featuring the most famous results of the sciences? You'll need to send enormous amounts to publishers like Reed Elsevier.

  Aaron Swartz

  Book, Needs, World

  Aaron Swartz (2016). “The Boy Who Could Change the World: The Writings of Aaron Swartz”, p.26, The New Press

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• How precious is the family as the privileged place for transmitting the faith! Speaking about family life, I would like to say one thing: today, as Brazil and the Church around the world celebrate this feast of Saints Joachim and Anne, Grandparents Day is also being celebrated. How important grandparents are for family life, for passing on the human and religious heritage which is so essential for each and every society! How important it is to have intergenerational exchanges and dialogues, especially within the context of the family.

  Pope Francis

  Religious, Passing On, Grandparent

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• I believe strongly and sincerely that with the deep-rooted wisdom and dignity, the innate respect for human lives, the intense humanity that is our heritage, the African race, united under one federal government, will emerge not as just another world bloc to flaunt its wealth and strength, but as a Great Power whose greatness is indestructible because it is built not on fear, envy and suspicion, nor won at the expense of others, but founded on hope, trust, friendship and directed to the good of all mankind.

  Kwame Nkrumah

  Believe, Greatness, Race

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• A university is not about results in the next quarter; it is not even about who a student has become by graduation. It is about learning that molds a lifetime, learning that transmits the heritage of millennia; learning that shapes the future

  Drew Gilpin Faust

  Mold, Shapes, Next

  "Installation address: Unleashing our most ambitious imaginings". Public Speech, Cambridge, www.harvard.edu. October 12, 2007.

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• Women's history is women's right-an essential, indispensable heritage from which we can draw pride, comfort, courage, and long range vision.

  Gerda Lerner

  Pride, Long, Vision

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• Now, I know that there are some Aboriginal people who aren’t happy with Australia Day. For them it remains Invasion Day. I think a better view is the view of Noel Pearson, who has said that Aboriginal people have much to celebrate in this country’s British Heritage.

  Tony Abbott

  Country, Thinking, Views

  "Tony Abbott on Q and A". www.abc.net.au. April 5, 2010.

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• There is much the government can do and should do to improve the environment. But even more important is the individual who plants a tree or cleans a corner of neglect. For it is the individual who himself benefits, and also protects a heritage of beauty for his children and future generations.

  Lady Bird Johnson

  Children, Government, Tree

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• The heritage of the past is the seed that brings forth the harvest of the future.

  Wendell Phillips

  Past, Harvest, Seeds

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• We are thankful for these and all the good things of life. We recognize that they are a part of our common heritage and come to us through the efforts of our brothers and sisters the world over. What we desire for ourselves, we wish for all. To this end, may we take our share in the world's work and the world's struggles.

  J. S. Woodsworth

  Brother, Struggle, Effort

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• Genius has no country. It blossoms everywhere. Genius is like the light, the air. It is the heritage of all.

  Jose Rizal

  Country, Light, Air

  Toast to the artists Juan Luna and Felix Hidalgo in Madrid, June 25, 1884.

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• When you realize that prosperity is your divine
  heritage, you should persist in claiming it.

  Catherine Ponder

  Realizing, Prosperity, Divine

  Catherine Ponder (2016). “The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity”, p.189, Lulu.com

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