"What we call our data are really our own constructions of other peopleâ€™s constructions of what they and their compatriots are up to."

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Source : Clifford Geertz (1973). “The Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essays”, p.9, Basic Books

Clifford Geertz

#Data Quotes #People Quotes #Construction Quotes

“A painter knows what to do by the tug of the brush as it pulls through a mixture of oils, and by the look of coloured slurries on the palette.”
“Life's picking up speed.”
“Believe nothing, O monks, just because you have been told it, or it is commonly believed, or because it is traditional or because you yourselves have imagined it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to and take as your guide.”
“Italians in particular are seen as either benign and child-like (the sweet old nonna with her meatballs), menacing mobsters, or hyper-sexualized housewives and gigolos; the kind of nourishment I'm looking for doesn't lie in any of these stereotypes.”

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“In 1998, Artnet was the site that convinced me that if my writing didn't exist online, it didn't exist at all. It showed me criticism's future.”
“I recently bought the box set of 'Doctor Who' and watched it back to back, Unfortunately I wasn't the one facing the TV!”
“Nine lives added to my one life makes a perfect 10.”
“The major civilizing force in the world is not religion, it is sex.”

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