Franz Boas Quotes

Furthermore, the study of the present surroundings is insufficient: the history of the people, the influence of the regions through which it has passed on its migrations, and the people with whom it came into contact, must be considered.

Franz Boas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 9, 1858 - December 21, 1942

Topics

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The German ueber-photographer Andreas Gursky was the perfect pre-9/11 artist.

Jerry Saltz

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It was a time when only the dead smiled, happy in their peace.

Anna Akhmatova

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The hardest moments of your life in your 20s will provide some of the greatest lessons that will come in handy later.

Stacy Brown-Philpot

LifeMomentsWillGreatestCome

I am very lucky, I have a very tight group of friends and a very supportive family, and to this date no-one has ever sold a story on me.

Sienna Miller

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I believe in the Constitution. The Constitution says that government isn't supposed to be infusing religion into our society, and so I asked to have that upheld.

Michael Newdow

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The desert loves me. I love the desert. It's nice to be in the heat in Africa. I love it.

Liya Kebede

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When I moved from Cambridge, I donated all my fiction. I carefully cut out pages the authors had autographed for me. I didn't want those autographed books showing up on eBay.

Lois Lowry

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'Ralph's Party' was a romantic comedy, and at the end of it, the two main characters, Ralph and Jen, kiss for the first time and think they're going to be happy together. Then, 10 years later, I wrote a sequel in which they've been together for 10 years and are about to split up.

Lisa Jewell

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I grew up on Dilla, Timbaland, Pharrell, all these drums that are super pocketed, so all those influences come out on a song like 'Ungrateful Eyes,' with all the crazy drum swing.

Jon Bellion

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Theft of a firearm should be punished as a felony, plain and simple.

Dianne Feinstein

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I have worked closely with many of our county commissioners, mayors, local transportation officials, and others to determine project needs in the 18th District, and they deserve a great deal of thanks for today's victory on the House floor.

Bob Ney

TodayGreatVictoryTransportation

I'm very spiritual and I'm Jewish by faith. I'm not a practising Jew, I'm more of a recreational Jew. I celebrate the holidays and I try to inform my kids about their heritage because I think we all at some point have to defend our heritage and if they get picked on I want them to know why.

Peter Segal

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