Quote by Clifford Geertz
The way in which mathematicians and physicists and historians talk

The way in which mathematicians and physicists and historians talk is quite different, and what a physicist means by physical intuition and what a mathematician means by beauty or elegance are things worth thinking about. – Clifford Geertz

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Gender consciousness has become involved in almost every intellectual field: history, literature, science, anthropology. Theres been an extraordinary advance. – Clifford Geertz

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We need to think more about the nature of rhetoric in anthropology. There isnt a body of knowledge and thought to fall back on in this regard. – Clifford Geertz

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Im writing a review of three books on feminism and science, and its about social constructionism. So I would say Im a social constructionist, whatever that means. – Clifford Geertz

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I sincerely feel that beauty largely comes from within. – Christy Turlington

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A woman whose smile is open and whose expression is glad has a kind of beauty no matter what she wears. – Anne Roiphe

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I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy a strength a secret cup of gladness. – Ossie Davis

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The real message of the Dance opens up the vistas of life to all who have the urge to express beauty with no other instrument than their own bodies, with no apparatus and no dependence on anything other than space. – Ruth St. Denis

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Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive. – Thomas C. Haliburton

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