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'Jackass: The Movie' is great. I think it's in the tradition of physical comedy, which I'm really interested in. Its relationship to gravity, and how gravity acts on the body. Matthew Barney

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I see myself working in the tradition of sociology and journalism that tries to bear witness to poverty. Matthew Desmond

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For several years at the University of Virginia, students had an annual tradition of raising hell around campus, burning tar barrels and shooting pistols into the air. Matthew Pearl

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At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future, tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past. Maurice Maeterlinck

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In terms of the first Christmas when I met everybody, I went over to Nick's grandfather's house where they were having the big Christmas dinner, and they have this tradition of this thing called oyster stew. Megan Mullally

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There's this tradition of women's magazines - which have been my bread and butter as a freelancer - where the paradigm is that the writing is about relationships, body image, lessons, and it's always redemptive. Meghan Daum

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The first person is a tradition I relate to and that I use; historically, it's been the voice I work in. But the hair on the back of my neck stands up when I'm referred to as a 'confessional' writer. Meghan Daum

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I'm not tribal Labour. I'm a Liberal at heart. Different tradition, different language. Michael Ignatieff

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England's full of cricket tradition. I follow the game there hugely. Mickey Arthur

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Even though the music I make gathers influences from all over the place, I feel that the core of what I do comes from the jazz tradition. In terms of improvisation, interaction, feel and overall concept, Jazz is my main source of information and inspiration. Miguel Zenon

There is an increasing push to compartmentalize faith separately from our life in the public square - and it's not possible - at least, it's not possible if we continue the American tradition of true individual freedom, which also implies individual responsibility. Without an objective moral standard, that's not possible. Mike Huckabee

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In opera tradition, when opera die-hard fans, there is a replacement of singer or singer wasn't at his or hers vocal best, doing something, they boo. Especially now that they pay hundreds of dollars for the ticket. Mikhail Baryshnikov

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Fear is not a motivating factor. You might be able to get a little bit more out of someone in the short term, but you will completely erode your business and your culture in the long term. You're going to lose all your good people. You're not going to have people tell you the truth, and it becomes the tradition. Mindy Grossman

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You do a James Bond film, you're being part of an anachronism, a tradition. Minnie Driver

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Being and working in America, it's very important to work hard, work smart and work in a certain way. France and Europe has, with the tradition and culture, it's slow-moving and it's not always good. Mireille Guiliano

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Nobody says you have to be shackled to tradition. Monica Johnson

You Says Shackled Nobody Tradition

Indians are marvelous storytellers. In some ways, that oral tradition is stronger than the written tradition. N. Scott Momaday

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Writing is not a matter of choice. Writers have to write. It is somehow in their temperament, in the blood, in tradition. N. Scott Momaday

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Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented. Nancy Pelosi

History Congress Tradition Been Very Washington

Could we design an all-glass building with internal channels and networks for airflow and water circulation? Can we surpass the great modern tradition of discrete formal and functional partitions and generate an all-in-one building skin? Neri Oxman

Great Water Building Skin Design Channels Circulation Networks Could Generate Surpass Tradition Discrete Modern Formal Internal Functional

The great divide is not between faiths, but one between intolerant zealots of any tradition and the large numbers of decent, peaceful believers likewise found in each tradition. Nicholas Kristof

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Comedy is my favorite genre. I think it often doesn't get the respect it deserves, and I think one of the reasons is there was a tradition in the past of comedy looking kind of brightly lit and like a sitcom. Nicholas Stoller

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