Alan Dundes Quotes
I mentioned that one of the tripartite formulas in American worldview involves time: past, present, and future.
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The thing about Y Combinator that's cool is that most companies won't happen if we don't fund them.
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But there's no reason why we should abdicate our foundational principles because certain groups don't believe in them. You know, no majority should surrender its deeply held beliefs to those who don't believe in anything.
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A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.
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Natural gas is a better transportation fuel than gasoline, so if that's the case, it's cheaper, it's cleaner and it's a domestic resource.
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You know when you're 14 and terrified to talk to a girl? I didn't suffer much from that. It seemed very natural to me to talk to girls.
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go. You had three days of vocal training and performed your song at the end. I sang 'I Say a Little Prayer.' It's a tough song to sing but they gave me the confidence to go for it and belt it out.
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Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
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I did not just fall in love. I made a parachute jump.
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I don't want to be an actor or nothing but if I have to, I'll act if it's the right thing.
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Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.
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It's understandable why TV hasn't been diverse because a lot of TV writers are white dudes from Harvard. And white dudes from Harvard aren't going to immediately want to write about trans issues. They're not immediately going to want to write about a Filipino family.
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I was thinking things had changed: that the next generation of men weren't as institutionally misogynist as the previous were. And then, suddenly, the Internet came along and gave them a platform to voice their feelings anonymously. And boy, did the bile come out.
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I began to study martial arts because it was a great form of exercise, and I knew it would help my acting career. Martial arts reminded me of dancing. It has helped me learn fight sequences quicker.
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I like 'The Three Musketeers.' I like those kind of cool things where they were having a robe and a sword.
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The so-called skills gap is really a gap in education, and that affects all of us.
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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Being funny with a funny voice is more my comfort zone, a broader character that I try to humanize, a kind of silly or wacky persona that I try to fill in.
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I've seen articles suggesting that Wal-Mart buys at prices lower than our competitors', and that this gives Wal-Mart an unfair advantage. I don't believe it... What we hear is concern that in some circumstances, Wal-Mart may actually be paying more than our competitors.
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In a potter's shop there are vessels of different shapes and forms - pots, jars, dishes, plates, etc., - but all are made of the same clay. So God is one, but He is worshipped in different ages and climes under different names and aspects.
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We're underscoring to everybody the promise at the heart of the Affordable Care Act, which is quality, affordable health care coverage available in a transparent marketplace for the first time ever.
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I taught woman-centered childbirth classes for five years and have a particular interest in the history of childbirth practices.
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There are all of these people that say, my mommy doesn't love me enough, my daddy doesn't hug me enough. There are some people that would want to coddle them somewhere. I want them to shut up and stop whining.
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When you're trying to paint a portrait of a very specific world, you're trying to show what makes the world different. So, sometimes it means exaggerating certain kind of aspects, but I don't think it's that important or it's that much of an issue as long as you get an emotional truth across.
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I mentioned that one of the tripartite formulas in American worldview involves time: past, present, and future.
