"It's always amusing to look at how something early in the 20th century was written in anthropology and how it's written now. There's been an enormous shift in how it's done, but yet you can't put your finger on someone who actually did it"

-- Clifford Geertz

#Looks Quotes #Done Quotes #Amusing Quotes

“An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.”

Source : Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1852). “Romance and reality”, p.70
“Some of the shells brought my heart into my mouth; lying there waiting for them was intolerable. I was sure I was going to be blown to pieces.”

Source : Hervey Allen (1968). “Toward the Flame: A War Diary”, [Pittsburgh] : University of Pittsburgh Press
“I am attracted to people who make this effort in knowing what suits them - they are individual and stylish.”
“If you are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy's propensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.”
“Whoever tries to climb over our fence, we will try to climb over his house.”
“It is a simple procedure to calculate the number of seeds in an apple. But who among us can ever say how many apples are in a seed?”
“I hate how I don't feel real enough unless people are watching.”
“No amount of money could make me play for Liverpool, that isn't disrespect to Liverpool or their fans, it's respect for Everton”

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