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Quote by Alan Dundes
In the light of our culture, these are not unreasonable questions

In the light of our culture, these are not unreasonable questions and tactics, but if once again, we try to see the lens through which we look, we can see that there is far too great an emphasis placed on the future. – Alan Dundes

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I have a great advantage over many of my colleagues inasmuch as my students bring with them to class their own personal knowledge of national, regional, religious, ethnic, occupational, and family folklore traditions. – Alan Dundes

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Knowledge
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If a student takes the whole series of my folklore courses including the graduate seminars, he or she should learn something about fieldwork, something about bibliography, something about how to carry out library research, and something about how to publish that research. – Alan Dundes

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Graduation
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Future orientation is combined with a notion and expectation of progress, and nothing is impossible. – Alan Dundes

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Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself. – Andrew Carnegie

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Future

And when these advances are made, hydrogen can fill critical energy needs beyond transportation. Hydrogen can also be used to heat and generate electricity for our homes. The future possibilities of this energy source are enormous. – Dan Lipinski

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Future

At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace the savage races throughout the world. – Charles Darwin

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Future

I never think of the future. I never imagine what comes next. – Jessica Lange

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Future

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