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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

Other quotes by Clifford Geertz

I think the perception of there being a deep gulf between science and the humanities is false. – 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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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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Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques dont match our own beliefs about how we should look. – Martha Beck

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When I look at the majority of my own songs they really came from my own sense of personal confusion or need to express some pain or beauty – they were coming from a universal and personal place. – Annie Lennox

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I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the end of time. – Robert Browning

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I believe its time that women truly owned their superpowers and used their beauty and strength to change the world around them. – Janelle Monae

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You work on things and you have such faith in them while youre making them that everything feels special – in a way. – Guy Pearce

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It was so draining. Going to parties to rub elbows with so-and-so and act like its no big deal, when really all I was doing was hoping Id have the success they had. – Katy Perry

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At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion. – Edwin Hubbel Chapin

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India is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how modern India becomes, it is still very much an old country. – Anita Desai

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