"Men were primitive in the eyes of angel beingsas men are primitive in the eyes of wilier races."

Anthropology, Evolution, Race, Truth, Wisdom

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"Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made."

Immanuel Kant, German Philosopher

Anthropology, Behavior, Imperfection, Realism, Limit

"If origin defines race, then the entire human race is African."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Anthropology, Origin, Race, Truth, Unity

"Human cultures vary widely in the plants they use to gratify the desire for a change of mind, but all cultures (save the Eskimo) sanction at least one such plant and, just as invariably, strenuously forbid certain others. Along with the temptation seems to come the taboo."

Michael Pollan, American Educator

Anthropology, Culture, Behavior, Observation, Knowledge

"He is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Anthropology, Law, Nature, Culture, Belief

"I think feminism has had a major impact on anthropology."

Clifford Geertz, American Scientist

Anthropology, Feminism

"If there's ever a place where you can't argue that you can put the facts over here and the text over there and see if they fit, it is surely in anthropology."

Clifford Geertz, American Scientist

Anthropology, Facts

"Anthropology is the most humanistic of the sciences and the most scientific of the humanities."

Alfred L. Kroeber, American Scientist

Anthropology,

"Anthropology never has had a distinct subject matter, and because it doesn't have a real method, there's a great deal of anxiety over what it is."

Clifford Geertz, American Scientist

Anthropology, Anxiety

"I've often been accused of making anthropology into literature, but anthropology is also field research. Writing is central to it."

Clifford Geertz, American Scientist

Anthropology, Literature, Research, Writing

"Anthropology in general has always been fairly hospitable to female scholars, and even to feminist scholars."

Clifford Geertz, American Scientist

Anthropology,

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"I know that men are so eager to be one among the stars.I feel that damaged earth will never let men go off hand."

Environment

"Writing. Is it a way to be remembered,or a need to become immortal?"

Writing

"Wise man can make people hearmore lessons than words spoken."

Teaching

"Once upon a time in the land of Shinar, God came down to see the city and the tower. People were united and spoke in one language. Then God confound their language and caused them scattered all over the planet earth. I believe, because of our technology, there will be one computer-based language on earth. Then God will come back again and make us all scattered all over the stars constellation."

Religion

"I learn to trust someone I love..I learn to deal with heartbreak..I learn to forgive him who hurts.I never stop learning in this life."

Learning

"When you've succeeded, you'd say:'Indeed I'd to go through those hell before fit into all of this happiness."

Success

"General..behold the future of weaponry.""What the hell I am seeing here, Colonel?""It's..technologart of ancient weaponry, Sir!""It's..what?"

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"Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made."

"If origin defines race, then the entire human race is African."

"Human cultures vary widely in the plants they use to gratify the desire for a change of mind, but all cultures (save the Eskimo) sanction at least one such plant and, just as invariably, strenuously forbid certain others. Along with the temptation seems to come the taboo."

"He is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature."

"I think feminism has had a major impact on anthropology."

"If there's ever a place where you can't argue that you can put the facts over here and the text over there and see if they fit, it is surely in anthropology."

"Anthropology is the most humanistic of the sciences and the most scientific of the humanities."

"Anthropology never has had a distinct subject matter, and because it doesn't have a real method, there's a great deal of anxiety over what it is."

"I've often been accused of making anthropology into literature, but anthropology is also field research. Writing is central to it."

"Anthropology in general has always been fairly hospitable to female scholars, and even to feminist scholars."

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"I know that men are so eager to be one among the stars.I feel that damaged earth will never let men go off hand."

"Writing. Is it a way to be remembered,or a need to become immortal?"

"Wise man can make people hearmore lessons than words spoken."

"I learn to trust someone I love..I learn to deal with heartbreak..I learn to forgive him who hurts.I never stop learning in this life."

"Sacredness inspires respect."

"Provocation is on the opposite lane of resolution."

"Not all good things come from good people."

"When you've succeeded, you'd say:'Indeed I'd to go through those hell before fit into all of this happiness."

"General..behold the future of weaponry.""What the hell I am seeing here, Colonel?""It's..technologart of ancient weaponry, Sir!""It's..what?"