Clifford Geertz Quotes

I had a hard time convincing students that they were going to North Africa to understand the North Africans, not to understand themselves.

Clifford Geertz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 23, 1926 - October 30, 2006

Topics

TimeUnderstandAfricaHardGoing

When writing about Edinburgh, I place my characters in the parts of the city that I myself have lived in, or else know well, those being the Southside, Marchmont in particular, where I lived as a student, and the New Town/Stockbridge area where I live now and have done for the past 30 years.

Joan Lingard

LiveMyselfPastCityWritingPlace

Manic depression is a type of depression, technically, and it's the opposite of uni-polar. Manic depression is also called bi-polar disorder. Some people don't like to call it that because they think it makes it sound too nice, when the reality is if you have manic-depression you have manic-depression.

Andy Behrman

DepressionPeopleThinkRealityYou

I thought if I looked back and evaluated my life, it would help me in the future.

John McEnroe

LifeFutureMeThoughtMy LifeHelp

I always think that I'm the best thing in a lot of bad movies. Personally, I have to. I think that I like me as an actor.

Matthew Lillard

BestMeThinkBadMoviesActor

First off, I don't do self-deprecation comedy based on being fat. I would always talk about it honestly. Secondly, I don't care how much I weigh.

Jeff Garlin

CareFatComedyTalkFirstAlways

Canadians know that the promise of a recession didn't happen because of anything we did here. If you look at all the causes of the recession, problems in mortgage markets, the problems in the banking sector, the problems in government finance in countries like Greece, none of those problems were in present Canada.

Stephen Harper

FinanceGovernmentProblemsPresent

You can't waste time in your life trying to hide the truth.

Rory O'Malley

LifeTruthTimeTryingYouHide

I think if you're an actor, then you can work on stage - but if you've never done it before, you're going to have picked up a few things that you're going to need to change when you're working on stage.

Dominic Monaghan

WorkChangeThinkYouDoneActor

You can't fake creativity, competence, or sexual arousal.

Douglas Coupland

CreativityFakeYouCompetence

Yeah, I read Judy Blume. My mother didn't like that, but I read it anyhow.

Alison Bechdel

MotherLikeReadYeahJudyAnyhow

I believe a nation does not maximize its health care until it starts to ask the hard question: How can we prioritize our expenditures to buy the most health care for the most people? We should not apologize for rationing; we should promote it and advance it.

Richard Lamm

HealthPeopleBelieveCareI Believe

I have an accountant, obviously, because I'm self employed, and I use an independent financial adviser. I trust my accountant because we have worked together for a long time now.

Richard C. Armitage

TimeTrustTogetherFinancialSelf

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