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

Other quotes by Alan Dundes

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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Cities all over the world are getting bigger as more and more people move from rural to urban sites, but that has created enormous problems with respect to environmental pollution and the general quality of life. – Alan Dundes

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environmental
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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
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In the future, instead of striving to be right at a high cost, it will be more appropriate to be flexible and plural at a lower cost. If you cannot accurately predict the future then you must flexibly be prepared to deal with various possible futures. – Edward de Bono

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Future

If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – forever. – George Orwell

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Future

No ones played on the moon yet. No ones played in zero gravity. Some bands have played at the Pyramids of Giza, but wed very much like to do that in the near future. – Brandon Boyd

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Future

The purpose of the Jewish state is to secure the Jewish future. That is why Israel must always have the ability to defend itself, against any threat. – Benjamin Netanyahu

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Future

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I think that the problem is that people fear so many things and they dont live life to its fullest. And for me as an artist, if God should want me to come this Wednesday to the end of my life, so be it. – Criss Angel

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All good poetry is forged slowly and patiently, link by link, with sweat and blood and tears. – Alfred Douglas

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Poetry

A lot of people in our industry havent had very diverse experiences. So they dont have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader ones understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have. – Steve Jobs

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design
[Celery] is as fresh and clean as a rainy day after a spell of heat. It crackles pleasantly in the mouth…. it should be eaten alone, for it is the only food which one really wants to hear oneself eat. – A.A. Milne (1882–1956), “A Word for Autumn,” Not That It Matters

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Food