Thanksgiving quotations

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◆ It is now common knowledge that the average American gains 7 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day.

- Marilu Henner99

◆ Even though we're a week and a half away from Thanksgiving, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

- Richard Roeper99

◆ 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 Gates99

◆ In many ways, September feels like the busiest time of the year: The kids go back to school, work piles up after the summer's dog days, and Thanksgiving is suddenly upon us.

- Brene Brown99

◆ Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

- Henry Ward Beecher99

◆ From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever; That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea.

- Algernon Charles Swinburne99

◆ I've been giving back since I was a teen, handing out turkeys at Thanksgiving and handing out toys at toys drives for Christmas. It's very important to give back as a youth. It's as simple as helping an old lady across the street or giving up your seat on the bus for someone who is pregnant.

- Queen Latifah99

◆ Always expect the unexpected. Right around Thanksgiving, when the new Alex Cross will be out. It's called Four Blind Mice and it's a pretty amazing story about several murders inside the military.

- James Patterson99

◆ Every Thanksgiving, we all write down three things we're thankful for and put them in a hat. Then we pass the hat around the dinner table and everyone has to guess who wrote what!

- Debby Ryan99

◆ My restaurants are never opened on Thanksgiving; I want my staff to spend time with their family if they can. My feeling is, if I can't figure out how to make money the rest of the year so that my workers can enjoy the holidays, then I don't deserve to be an owner.

- Michael Symon99

◆ The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game. It's part of our culture like turkey at Thanksgiving and lights at Christmas, and like those holidays beyond their meaning, a factor in our economy.

- Bob Schieffer99

◆ Christians were instructed to serve others, and the thanksgiving was for the grace of God and the fact that God offered a way for man to return to a positive relationship with Him.

- John Clayton99

◆ Thanksgiving and every season of our lives that we are blessed to see a new should be a time we offer praise, worship, and thankfulness to God!

- Pauline Seaport99

◆ I wish all of you Happy Thanksgiving! I wish you great love, great relationships with you family and friends!

- 99

◆ No prayer can be better than the prayer of giving sincere thanks and praises to God. May you have a Happy Thanksgiving feast!

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