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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.
by Clifford Geertz (Scientist, American , born in 1926) keywords: actually, always, amusing, anthropology, been, century, did, done, early, enormous, finger, how, look, now, put, shift, someone, something, written, yet , your Sometimes I have wondered whether life wouldn't be much more amusing if we were all devils, and no nonsense about angels and being good.
by William Hurlbutkeywords: amusing, angels, being, devils, good, life, more, much, nonsense, sometimes, were, whether , wondered I only went to one Star Trek convention and that was in the late '80s. I hadn't gone to a convention before that. It was quite amusing, with the people dressed up and all of that.
by Persis Khambatta (Actor, Indian , born in 1950) keywords: amusing, before, convention, dressed, gone, hadn, late, only, quite, star, trek, up , went My reputation was a bit exaggerated. Things were written in newspapers, then copied, then doubled. One of the reasons why I never disclaimed that, was because I found it amusing. But I also constructed such an image for myself in order to gain more of a private life.
by Thomas Kretschmann (Actor, German , born in 1962) keywords: also, amusing, because, bit, constructed, copied, doubled, exaggerated, found, gain, image, life, more, myself, never, newspapers, order, private, reasons, reputation, such, then, things, were, why , written Churchill was one of the few men I have met who even in the flesh give me the impression of genius. George Bernard Shaw is another. It is amusing to know that each thinks the other is overrated.
by David Low (Cartoonist, British , born in 1891) keywords: amusing, another, bernard, churchill, each, even, few, flesh, genius, george, give, impression, know, men, met, other, overrated, shaw , thinks This is one of his most human and most amusing and witty novels. The characters are very Indian. I decided that I wanted to do a comedy, so this was just the right one.
by Ismail Merchant (Producer, Indian , born in 1936) keywords: amusing, characters, comedy, decided, his, human, indian, just, most, novels, right, very, wanted , witty When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
by Michel de Montaigne (Philosopher, French , born in 1970) keywords: amusing, cat, her, herself, knows, more, play, she, than , whether I left the table where there were important people and had lunch with my husband and a few friends. The reception was organised in my honour, so it was rather amusing.
by Nana Mouskouri (Musician, Greek , born in 1934) keywords: amusing, few, friends, had, honour, husband, important, left, lunch, organised, rather, reception, table, were , where At first, I only laughed at myself. Then I noticed that life itself is amusing. I've been in a generally good mood ever since.
by Marilyn vos Savant (Writer, American , born in 1946) keywords: amusing, been, ever, first, generally, good, itself, laughed, life, mood, myself, noticed, only, since , then What we ask of music, first and last, is that it communicate experience - experience of all kinds, vital and profound at its greatest, amusing or entertaining at another level.
by Roger Sessions (Composer, American , born in 1896) keywords: amusing, another, ask, communicate, entertaining, experience, first, greatest, kinds, last, level, music, profound , vital I can't forgive my friends for dying; I don't find these vanishing acts of theirs at all amusing.
by Logan Pearsall Smith (Critic, American , born in 1865) keywords: acts, amusing, dying, find, forgive, friends, theirs, these , vanishing Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem.
by Orson Welles (Actor, American , born in 1915) keywords: amusing, because, class, counted, criminals, distinction, ethical, failures, make, money, never, problem, real, those , very Paul Lucas had a particularly amusing accent, so I chuckled. That was terrible; I shouldn't have done that, but he took it too big. He got up and said he couldn't work with people who laughed at him!
by Fay Wray (Actor, American , born in 1907) keywords: accent, amusing, big, done, got, had, him, laughed, lucas, particularly, paul, said, terrible, too, took, up , work
