Edward Burnett Tylor Quotes

Aching all over, we reached level ground again, and Mr. Christy withdrew his claims, and agreed that no road anywhere else could possibly be so bad as a Mexican road; a decision which later experiences only served to confirm.

Edward Burnett Tylor

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: October 2, 1832 - January 2, 1917

Topics

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I had a wonderful time making 'Dark Shadows.'

Joanna Going

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Liberals are concerned about the concentration of wealth because it almost inevitably leads to a concentration of power that undermines democracy.

Robert Reich

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In my teenage years, I started kickboxing, then did a little boxing. When the UFC and MMA exploded in the early 2000s in the U.S.A. and Japan, I saw a way to make money and a career.

Michael Bisping

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Ain't nothing wrong with college, but I just feel like everyone's paths are different.

Metro Boomin

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I've never had any illusions about being a lead actor in films, because lead actors have to be of a certain kind. Apart from the beauty of looks and figure, which I cannot claim to have, there's just a particular kind of ordinary-Joe quality that a film star needs to have.

Stephen Fry

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Israel knew that there was no greater gift than to be given God's name, but that gift was a frightening reality that threatened to consume her. Israel, who would be tempted by the idolatrous presumption she possessed God's name, rightly never forgot she could not say God's name.

Stanley Hauerwas

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I don't do albums for album sales. I just do it as a conversation piece and a business card.

Statik Selektah

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Young children were sooner allured by love, than driven by beating, to attain good learning.

Roger Ascham

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I think there's a tendency with actor/directors to imagine themselves playing every part and trying to get people to follow their rhythm, their tempo, their pace. I've learned now to just love being at the center of this creative swirl.

Ron Howard

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I was a good fielder in the gully in my college days. But in the outfield, I was not such a good fielder.

Mohammad Azharuddin

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I was raised an orphan... My mother died when I was 2 years old.

Diego Luna

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We like competition.

Dennis Muilenburg

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