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• I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Friendship, Good Morning, Thank You

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1848). “Essays, Lectures and Orations”, p.103

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• 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

  Christmas, Bird, Detours

  Augusten Burroughs (2011). “You Better Not Cry: True Stories for Christmas”, p.37, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• I like football. I find its an exciting strategic game. Its a great way to avoid conversation with your family at Thanksgiving.

  Craig Ferguson

  Funny, Thanksgiving, Football

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• When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.

  Maya Angelou

  Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

  Maya Angelou (2011). “Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now”, p.11, Bantam

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• Oh. What if we eat a lot with people that annoy the hell out of us?

  Jim Gaffigan

  Thanksgiving, People, What If

  "Comedian Jim Gaffigan Shares How To Survive Holiday Political Debates". "All Things Considered" with Kelly McEvers, www.npr.org. November 23, 2016.

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• You know that just before that first Thanksgiving dinner there was one wise, old Native American woman saying, Don't feed them. If you feed them, they'll never leave.

  Dylan Brody

  Thanksgiving, Wise, Native American

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• My mother is such a lousy cook that Thanksgiving at her house is a time of sorrow.

  Rita Rudner

  Funny, Thanksgiving, Mother

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• I have strong doubts that the first Thanksgiving even remotely resembled the 'history' I was told in second grade. But considering that (when it comes to holidays) mainstream America's traditions tend to be over-eating, shopping, or getting drunk, I suppose it's a miracle that the concept of giving thanks even surfaces at all.

  Ellen Orleans

  Thanksgiving, Strong, Holiday

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• All across America, we gather this week with the people we love to give thanks to God for the blessings in our lives.

  George W. Bush

  Thanksgiving, Blessing, America

  Bush's Thanksgiving Proclamation, www.foxnews.com. November 25, 2004.

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• Faith without thankfulness lacks strength and fortitude.

  John Henry Jowett

  Thanksgiving, Thankfulness, Fortitude

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• It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favors.

  George Washington

  Bible, Thanksgiving, God

  Thanksgiving Day Proclamation, Issued by President George Washington, at the request of Congress, on October 3, 1789

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• It must be an odd feeling to be thankful to nobody in particular. Christians in public institutions often see this odd thing happening on Thanksgiving Day. Everyone in the institution seems to be thankful 'in general.' It's very strange. It's a little like being married in general.

  Cornelius Plantinga

  Thanksgiving, Christian, Being Thankful

  Cornelius Plantinga (2001). “Beyond Doubt: Faith-Building Devotions on Questions Christians Ask”, p.52, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• God gives us our relatives – thank God we can choose our friends.

  Addison Mizner

  Inspirational, Funny, Friendship

  "The Complete Cynic".

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• Thanksgiving, when the Indians said, "Well, this has been fun, but we know you have a long voyage back to England".

  Jay Leno

  Thanksgiving, Fun, Long

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• It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God.

  George Washington

  Thanksgiving, Presidential, Duty To God

  Thanksgiving Day Proclamation, Issued by President George Washington, at the request of Congress, on October 3, 1789

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• Perhaps it takes a purer faith to praise God for unrealized blessings than for those we once enjoyed or those we enjoy now.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Thanksgiving, Blessing, Thankful To God

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• You say, 'If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.' You make a mistake. If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Thanksgiving, Being Happy, Gratitude

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• We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth, and power as no other nation has ever grown.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Thanksgiving, Peace, Years

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.156, Wildside Press LLC

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• Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.

  Epicurus

  Being Happy, Thankful, Hope

  Epicurus (1964). “Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill”

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• Twas the night before Thanksgiving. All the food's in the oven. And I'm in the bedroom performin' self lovin'.

  Craig Ferguson

  Funny, Humor, Night

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• Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road.

  John Henry Jowett

  Thanksgiving, Spiritual, Thankfulness

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• If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul

  Harold S. Kushner

  Life, Thank You, Thankful

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• You may have heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. There's another day you might want to know about: Giving Tuesday. The idea is pretty straightforward. On the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, shoppers take a break from their gift-buying and donate what they can to charity.

  Bill Gates

  Thanksgiving, Friday, Monday

  "Inside the Mind of Bill Gates". Book by Shaun Green, September 5, 2014.

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• Thanksgiving-giving thanks in everything-prepares the way that God might show us His fullest salvation in Christ.

  Ann Voskamp

  Thanksgiving, Might, Way

  Ann Voskamp (2011). “One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are”, p.40, Zondervan

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• Thanksgiving is the day when you turn to another family member and say, 'How long has Mom been drinking like this?' My Mom, after six Bloody Marys looks at the turkey and goes, 'Here, kitty, kitty.'

  David Letterman

  Thanksgiving, Mom, Drinking

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