Thanksgiving Quotes
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“We must begin with thanksgiving for everything. The beginning of joy is to be content with your situation.”
Ambrose of Optina
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I like to decide the night before Thanksgiving that I'm gonna do it, and I'll see what riff raff is around. Then I get that last-minute surge of energy. But if I had two weeks to plan, sometimes I wish I wasn't doing it. But very seldom does that happen.
Amy Sedaris
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I have nothing against turkey. We eat turkey for Thanksgiving in my house.
Marc Forgione
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I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants.
Kevin James
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Dear Lord; we beg but one boon more: Peace in the hearts of all men living, peace in the whole world this Thanksgiving.
Joseph Auslander
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Sharing in God's blessings is at the heart of Thanksgiving and at the core of the American spirit.
Bill Clinton
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I started acting in second grade - my first role was in the Thanksgiving play. I was the Indian chasing the turkey. All the other mom's encouraged my mom to get me into acting after that. Also, when I saw 'The Sound of Music' at Music Circus, I knew I wanted to act.
Brie Larson
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I have a good house for hosting, so we had the barbecues, and some of the guys over for Thanksgiving, even Christmas.
Logan Mankins
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Lord, for the erring thoughtNot into evil wrought:Lord, for the wicked willBetrayed and baffled still:For the heart from itself kept,Our thanksgiving accept.
William Dean Howells
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Thanksgiving and Christmas then, for us who love God, are not mere time outs from work days. They are a celebration of the gift of work itself, days on which we celebrate work by declaring our freedom. In a manner of speaking we announce that on this one day we may rest from our work, and without pressure or guilt, we may be glad. A holiday is a holy day-meant for rejoicing in God.
Elisabeth Elliot
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The Spirit of prayer makes us so intimate with God that we scarcely pass through an experience before we speak to Him about it, either in supplication, in sighing, in pouring out our woes before Him, in fervent requests, or in thanksgiving and adoration.
Ole Hallesby
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Even if you are vegetarian, you do want to have a stuffing for Thanksgiving. The stuffing is not so much about the vegetables, but it's very unique to the season.
Daniel Humm
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I love Thanksgiving because it's a holiday that is centered around food and family, two things that are of utmost importance to me.
Marcus Samuelsson
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My dad is a big Outlaw country guy - Johnny Cash, Johnny Horton, Waylon, Willie. He loves Elvis and turned me onto Elvis. He was always playing me stuff. He and I would sing and entertain the family. We'd have a little skit on Thanksgiving or whatever.
Frankie Ballard
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It is now common knowledge that the average American gains 7 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day.
Marilu Henner
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Praise lies upon a higher plane than thanksgiving. When I give thanks, my thoughts still circle about myself to some extent. But in praise my soul ascends to self-forgetting adoration.
Ole Hallesby
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In the moments we are awake to the wonder of simply being alive, gratitude flows, no matter our circumstances.
M. J. Ryan
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They recalled all of our CDs. The week of Thanksgiving, all through November and December, there was no product in the stores.
Chris Botti Incognito
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We ought to be as earnest and frequent in our prayers of thanksgiving when the cupboard is full as we would be in our prayers of supplication if the cupboards were bare.
Jerry Bridges
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O Lord that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!
William Shakespeare
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This boy turkied my Thanksgiving, but I won't let him Grinch my Christmas. -Dean Hughes (Midway to Heaven)
Dean Hughes
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The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet.
Rebecca Harding Davis
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We ought to make the moments notes Of happy glad Thanksgiving; The hours and days, a silent praise Of music we are living.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox