"Americans do believe in progress and there is……" — Alan Dundes
"Americans do believe in progress and there is almost certainly a kernel of truth in the joke."
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19 Quotes by Alan Dundes
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Cities all over the world are getting bigger as more and more people move from rural to urban sites, but…
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I have a great advantage over many of my colleagues inasmuch as my students bring with them to class their…
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In my introductory course, Anthropology 160, the Forms of Folklore, I try to show the students what the major and…
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My academic identity is that of a folklorist, and for many years I have taught only folklore courses.
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Americans have a penchant for the future and tend to disregard the past.
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Americans often have trouble enjoying the present moment.
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I mentioned that one of the tripartite formulas in American worldview involves time: past, present, and future.
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Life, it seems, is nothing if not a series of initiations, transitions, and incorporations.
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Polls are frequently taken to try to tease out or determine likely directions and trends, but once taken, they belong…
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Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
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Future orientation is combined with a notion and expectation of progress, and nothing is impossible.
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If a student takes the whole series of my folklore courses including the graduate seminars, he or she should learn…
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