Alan Dundes Quotes
Americans often have trouble enjoying the present moment.
Alan Dundes
Quotes to Explore
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Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.
Damien Hirst
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Every quirky girl doesn't have to be the best-friend character. It's a very limiting and self-fulfilling prophecy. People only write things that will get green-lit, so they write to those stereotypes.
Felicia Day
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In the last four years, I heard the same thing over and over again from people: 'We've had enough,' 'Our country is drifting,' 'We've lost our way.'
Ted Yoho
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Throughout U.S. history, national crises have been used to suspend constitutional protections and attack basic rights. After the Civil War, with the nation in crisis, the promise of 40 acres and a mule to freed slaves was promptly betrayed.
Naomi Klein
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We're going to lose more species, acidify the oceans more, do damage that it will take millions of years - if not longer - to unwind. Exactly how much damage will we do? How deep will those scars run? We don't know yet. But we will turn the ship.
Ramez Naam
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We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.
Larry Wall
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We shall be better prepared for the future if we see how terrible, how doomed the present is.
Iris Murdoch
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You cannot escape the results of your thoughts. Whatever your present environment may be, you will fall, remain or rise with your thoughts, your vision, your ideal. You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration.
James Lane Allen
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We like the organic market and the organic market for olives at the present time has given us a great opportunity.
John Young
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Have you ever noticed when people stop laughing, they say, 'Oh dear?'
Bradley Walsh
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Until a character becomes a personality it cannot be believed. Without personality, the character may do funny or interesting things, but unless people are able to identify themselves with the character, its actions will seem unreal. And without personality, a story cannot ring true to the audience.
Walt Disney
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Americans often have trouble enjoying the present moment.
Alan Dundes
