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Clifford Geertz

"There is an Indian story -- at least I heard it as an Indian story -- about an Englishman who, having been told that the world rested on a platform which rested on the back of an elephant which rested in turn on the back of a turtle, asked (perhaps he was an ethnographer; it is the way they behave), what did the turtle rest on? Another turtle. And that turtle? 'Ah, Sahib, after that it is turtles all the way down"

Source : René Girard, Clifford Geertz, Geoffrey H. Hartman, Stanford University. Committee on Modern Thought and Literature (1973*). “Myth and ritual in Shakespeare: A midsummer night's dream”

Clifford Geertz

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“I guess there's a lot we hope for that never happens.”

Source : Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (2000). “Sister of My Heart”, Anchor
“Kuwait needs tougher guarding. Guarding that's not limited to weapons, soldiers and border control, but extends to every Kuwaiti soul with awareness, vigilance and anticipation”
“I didn't work hard to make Ruby perfect for everyone, because you feel differently from me. No language can be perfect for everyone. I tried to make Ruby perfect for me, but maybe it's not perfect for you. The perfect language for Guido van Rossum is probably Python.”
“We see only what we have names for.”
“God put Santa Claus on earth to remind us that Christmas is 'sposed to be a happy time.”
“Leadership is creating a state of mind in others. The difference between being a leader and manager, all due respect to managers, is that leaders have to create states of mind. But a leader, first of all, has to have a clear state of mind, which is usually her own vision, which energizes her, motivates others, and then creates that state of mind in others.”
“It is a contradiction to be a true Christian and not humble.”
“Football, in its purest form, remains a physical fight. As in any fight, if you don't want to fight, it's impossible to win.”

Source : Bud Wilkinson (1993). “Football: Winning Offense”, p.12, Sports Illustrated

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