Alan Dundes Quotes

The class has become over the years fairly large, running to three hundred or more, but I always insist upon reading all the student folklore collections myself. Although this is a tall order, I look forward to it because I learn so much from it.

Alan Dundes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MyselfReadingForwardLearnLook

Whether there is another life or not, if there is any being who gave me this, I shall thank him from the bottom of my heart, because, upon the whole, my life has been a joy.

Robert Green Ingersoll

LifeHeartJoyMeMy LifeHim

Greatness is a spiritual condition worthy to excite love, interest, and admiration; and the outward proof of possessing greatness is that we excite love, interest and admiration.

Matthew Arnold

LoveSpiritualGreatnessWorthy

I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

I AmChildLongStillManyAm

'Ugly Betty' has been the most important thing I've ever done, easily. I was able to do more with one character than I can ever imagine doing again - Hilda was hilariously funny and emotionally deep... I really got to showcase what I could do with a character.

Ana Ortiz

FunnyCharacterUglyDeepDoing

Obama's victory in November 2008 was a historic political accomplishment.

John Podhoretz

VictoryAccomplishmentPolitical

I really am not a material girl.

Stella Maxwell

GirlMaterialReallyAm

I was the first to promote The Beatles in the States, and Ed Sullivan called me first about them before he ever booked them on his television show.

Sid Bernstein

MeTelevisionFirstBeatlesShowHe

I've had a strong will power to become one of the best. And I'm not gonna let nothing stop me from going to my dream.

Trombone Shorty

PowerBestMeStrongDreamStop

The exquisite truth is to believe in something that maybe you know is a fiction, but you believe in it willingly.

Roberto Benigni

TruthBelieveTruth IsYouKnow

After 'Student Of The Year,' when I played that baby-doll, diva character, I knew I would be stereotyped, and I wanted to break that image of me. I loved that role, but I don't want to be attached to one particular genre, so 'Highway' was a blessing in disguise.

Alia Bhatt

CharacterBlessingMeLovedYear

I'm bad with numbers. My husband is the keeper of the records.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

HusbandBadNumbersKeeperRecords

The more you write, the more you're capable of writing.

Paul Theroux

WritingYouMoreWriteCapable

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