Americans do believe in progress and there is almost certainly a kernel of truth in the joke. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes american joke kernel
Future orientation is combined with a notion and expectation of progress, and nothing is impossible. Alan Dundes combineexpectationfuture Change image and share on social
If a student takes the whole series of my folklore courses including the graduate seminars, he or she should learn something about fieldwork, something about bibliography, something about how to carry out library research, and something about how to publish that research. Alan Dundes bibliographycarrycourse share on social
There is more to folklore research than fieldwork. This is why in all of my other upper-division courses I require a term paper involving original research. Alan Dundes coursedivisionfieldwork Change image and share on social
Jokes are very curious things psychologically. James Callis curiousjokepsychologically Change image and share on social
Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process. Bruce Babbitt agoamericancongratulate Change image and share on social
I think all art comes out of conflict. When I write I am always looking for the dramatic kernel of an event, the junctures of people's lives when they go in one direction, not another. Joyce Carol Oates artconflictdirection Change image and share on social