Quotes About Tradition

The turban is an inextricable part of the Sikh identity. Sikhs say you may take off their head but not the turban.

The essence of conservative ideology is its being anchored in the divine order of things.

I started out in the Chabad movement, and I started pretty closed up, with the idea of there being that 'this is it.' I bought into that fully. I really explored in depth the Chabad ideology.

I'm one of those people who had Christmas and my birthday always combined, and generally, my birthday was pretty much ignored. But my parents are always good about making some kind of special effort to make me feel like I also have a birthday that exists.

I definitely live to eat. I love food in every way imaginable, and it does not have to be fancy. Whether we stay in or go out, I like a hardy meal. My grandmother taught me how to cook, and it was all about no fuss and lots of it.

One cannot imagine Scots music and song without the contribution of Burns.

The combination of a brand like Cartier and the immense heritage that India holds can go places.

Our old stories happen to be your new stories. The stories that you're seeing as immigrant stories are your grandparents' stories, are your great-grandparents' stories. You just happen to be separated from them a little bit.

My parents were first-generation immigrants. My mum wore a sari but at school and as a teenager and in my 20s I wanted to fit in.

I like the English. They have the most rigid code of immorality in the world.

Growing up in a traditional environment, I was taught the importance of art, how it's connected to the soul, how it makes a human being. This made me understand and cherish American art forms.

I spent time living in Ethiopia, learning about the cultural importance of coffee and its roots in Ethiopia.

It is important to know where you come from.

Food was always such an important part of my family life when I was growing up.

Religion is an important part of life and culture in Brazil, very important to us as Brazilians.

We were raised as Christians, and religion plays an important role for us.

Exchanging gifts is an important thing in the steppe culture, a way for them to feel you have become a part of their lives.

One of the reasons I love the law is because I was raised in family - my grandfather was a lawyer, but more importantly, my grandmother was his secretary. And she taught me that lawyers were some of the most civil, most courteous - and in those days, most courtly - people that she knew.

You can't impose a legacy.

One lived in the impression that nobody could ever compete with the 'Nutcracker' or 'A Christmas Carol.'

A lot of people may not know how competitive it is to play classical music, because when you think about it, the music that you're playing is music that's been here for years. And all you're trying to do is improve upon it when you play.

Someone like my father will improvise as much as 90% of the music in concert, but with me it's maybe 10 to 20%. It's sort of the test of how great someone is, the more they can improvise correctly and still be true to the raga they're playing, and still keep it new and fresh the whole time.

Criminalizing behavior, if it's part of the heritage of this state, is in my opinion a bad idea.

There is no place like in all of sports, in my opinion, like game day at Lambeau Field.