Alan Dundes Quotes

The study of folklore is largely the study of particular folklore genres: myth, folktale, legend, ballad, proverb, riddle, superstition, etc.

Alan Dundes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LegendStudySuperstitionMythEtc

Vladimir Nabokov on 'Bleak House' or Henry James on 'The House of the Seven Gables' prove that reading can be an exciting subject in itself, full of passionate encounters, contradictory judgments, striking discoveries, and unexpected reversals.

Joanna Scott

ReadingUnexpectedHousePassionate

I think actors go along a continuum from Simon Callow down to kind of Ross Kemp, and I like to think of myself as the Ross Kemp of comedy. He's very good in 'East Enders' because he plays a version of himself. I think I can play a version of myself - that's about all I can do.

Jo Brand

GoodMyselfThinkComedyDownPlay

N.W.A. were the first great rap audio documentarians of the problems in our inner cities.

Jerry Heller

GreatProblemsFirstRapAudioOur

I have been requesting the government because it is the government which has to allocate the land to build public courses. I am willing to meet the minister and discuss ways to make courses public and more accessible to the regular sports enthusiasts.

Jeev Milkha Singh

SportsGovernmentI AmMeetLand

I did watch the whole run of 'The Walking Dead.'

Alycia Debnam-Carey

WalkingRunDeadWatchWholeDid

You know, anyone who invites me to do something makes me feel special.

Marvin Hamlisch

MeFeelYouKnowSpecialSomething

There's nobody who has as big of a real-time logistics network than Uber.

Jason Calacanis

NobodyBigLogisticsUberWhoThan

In Elizabethan England or classical Athens... theater was at the center of, not culture, but society and politics and religion and civic engagement. Those things have a different audience.

Diane Paulus

CulturePoliticsReligionSociety

I stared at the television in shock, watching as my private life was revealed to the world.

Donna Rice

LifeWorldTelevisionWatchingShock

I can jump high; I can dunk - nobody really believes that I can.

Christian Pulisic

I CanNobodyJumpHighDunkReally

I remember when I drove into Notre Dame, getting ready for the first day of work. I had an electrical charge go up my back because I realized all of a sudden that I was responsible for the traditions that the Knute Rocknes and the Frank Leahys had set, and what Notre Dame stood for.

Ara Parseghian

WorkDayRememberBackReadyGo

I want to be known as the mayor who happens to be Latino who made a difference. I ran to make a difference.

Antonio Villaraigosa

Make A DifferenceWantLatinoMayor

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