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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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May your stuffing be tasty May your turkey plump, May your potatoes and gravy Have nary a lump. May your yams be delicious And your pies take the prize, And may your Thanksgiving dinner Stay off your thighs!

Grandpa Jones

Thanksgiving, Yams, Turkeys

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Faith without thankfulness lacks strength and fortitude.

John Henry Jowett

Thanksgiving, Thankfulness, Fortitude

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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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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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Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.

Henry Van Dyke

Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Kindness

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'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say.

Alice Walker

Thanksgiving, Thank You, Thankful

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Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast.

Melody Beattie

Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Fullness Of Life

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Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

Charles Dickens

Inspirational, Happiness, Thanksgiving

Charles Dickens (1839). “Sketches by Boz”, p.172

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I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite - only a sense of existence. Well, anything for variety.

Henry David Thoreau

Thanksgiving, Grateful, Existence

Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.373, Penguin

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As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

John F. Kennedy

Inspirational, Thank You, Thanksgiving

Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.836, Best Books on

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I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land.

Jon Stewart

Funny, Thanksgiving, Holiday

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If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.

W. Clement Stone

Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

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'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.

Alice Walker

Inspirational, Inspiring, Thank You

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God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?'

William Arthur Ward

Thank You, Thanksgiving, God

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Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

William Arthur Ward

Inspirational, Thank You, Thanksgiving

"How to Write a Gratitude Speech" by Peggy Epstein, bizfluent.com. September 26, 2017.

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Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often.

Johnny Carson

Thanksgiving, Holiday, Emotional

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Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving," and the words of John Fitzgerald Kennedy tell us that, "As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

W. T. Purkiser

Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

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Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are breaking out in light! Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude!

Henry Ward Beecher

Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Religious

Henry Ward Beecher (1873). “The Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn”, p.437

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So once in every year we throng Upon a day apart, to praise the Lord with feast and song in thankfulness of heart.

Arthur Guiterman

Thanksgiving, Song, Heart

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Thanksgiving. It's like we didn't even try to come up with a tradition. The tradition is, we overeat. 'Hey, how about at Thanksgiving we just eat a lot?' 'But we do that every day!' 'Oh. What if we eat a lot with people that annoy the hell out of us?'

Jim Gaffigan

Thanksgiving, People, Drunk

"Beyond the Pale". Live album by Jim Gaffigan, www.npr.org. February 7, 2006.

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Praise God even when you don't understand what He is doing.

Henry Jacobsen

Thanksgiving, Difficult Times, Praise

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Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you.

Ralph Marston

Friendship, Thank You, Thanksgiving

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The funny thing about Thanksgiving ,or any big meal, is that you spend 12 hours shopping for it then go home and cook,chop,braise and blanch. Then it's gone in 20 minutes and everybody lies around sortof in a sugar coma and then it takes 4 hours to clean it up.

Ted Allen

Thanksgiving, Lying, Home

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Coexistence: what the farmer does with the turkey - until Thanksgiving.

Mike Connolly

Thanksgiving, Vegetarianism, Turkeys

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