Alan Dundes Quotes

They do not merely collect texts; they must also gather data about the context and the informant and, above all, write an analysis of the items based upon the course readings and lecture material on folklore theory and method.

Alan Dundes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: educator
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 8, 1934 - March 30, 2005

Topics

DataWriteContextAnalysisAbove

When the cause is just, and there's been injustice, then it's easy to kind of galvanize your emotions and confront a guy.

Jesse Watters

EasyInjusticeEmotionsKindGuy

I am an English-speaking Canadian, but my entire family - Russian exiles and the Canadians they married - is buried in Quebec, and if Quebec were to separate, I would feel I had been cut in two.

Michael Ignatieff

FamilyI AmFeelTwoCutBeen

God, life changes faster than you think.

Amy Tan

LifeGodThinkYouLife Changes

For relaxation, I like to figure skate. Being on the ice and spinning and jumping, I feel very close to nature. In particular, I feel very close to Newton's laws of motion. On the ice, you can experience Newton's laws of motion in their purest, most elegant form.

Michio Kaku

NatureExperienceFeelIceYouLaws

I'm old-school. I want to be there to drop off my daughter at school and pick her up.

Lisa Loeb

DaughterSchoolWantUpHerOff

That's what I love about geeks, that they can call themselves a geek and be proud of it. I love that. I even have a necklace with the word 'geek' spelled out in rhinestones, and I'm very proud, myself.

Doug Jones

LoveMyselfProudNecklaceOutCall

When I was a boy, I used to stay with a school friend in Bexhill, in Sussex, which was then well-known for being the town with more oldies than any other. Aged ten, I felt slightly embarrassed by this, though I'm not sure why.

Craig Brown

FriendSchoolBoyWhyMoreStay

Part of what confuses people in times of upheaval is that you're getting so many different points of view and directions and so and so, how to do this and do that. And a lot of it is written in a language that honestly most people cannot understand.

Alice Walker

PeopleLanguageViewYouUnderstand

I've been pretty focused my entire life, and now that I have a family, I'm just going to keep that focus, but it's going to be a family focus.

Wiz Khalifa

LifeFamilyFocusNowFocusedGoing

I think I'm influenced a lot by Drake in specific ways in my writing.

Syd

WritingThinkI ThinkWaysSpecific

I've had opportunities before to run for office - the Republicans recruited me when I was surgeon general, to run for Congress, to run against Gov. Napolitano. But I didn't feel it was my calling... I felt, 'Well, I'm flattered, but I really would rather stay and be the doctor of the nation and stay as surgeon general.'

Richard Carmona

MeDoctorOpportunitiesFeelRun

I think my being a combat pilot, being a woman who has had to break down barriers and succeed in a male-dominated environment, and, I think, just being in the military for 26 years have all helped me.

Martha McSally

WomanMeSucceedThinkDownPilot

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