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Folklore Quotes

My academic identity is that of a folklorist, and for many years I have taught only folklore courses Picture Quote #1

When fairy tales are written in the west, they’re known as folklore. In the east, fairy tales are called religions Picture Quote #1

What I find interesting about folklore is the dialogue it gives us with storytellers from centuries past Picture Quote #1

Folklore is the perfect second skin. From under its hide, we can see all the shimmering, shadowy uncertainties of the world Picture Quote #1

Witches never existed, except in people’s minds. All there was in the olden days was women and some men who believed in herbal cures and in folklore and in the wish to fly. Witches? We’re all witches in one way or another. Witches was the invention of mankind, son. We’re all witches beneath the skin Picture Quote #1

Rivers run through our history and folklore, and link us as a people. They nourish and refresh us and provide a home for dazzling varieties of fish and wildlife and trees and plants of every sort. We are a nation rich in rivers Picture Quote #1

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One should be wary of talking on end about such subjects as learning, morality or folklore in front of elders or people of rank. It is disagreeable to listen to Picture Quote #1

The class has become over the years fairly large, running to three hundred or more, but I always insist upon reading all the student folklore collections myself. Although this is a tall order, I look forward to it because I learn so much from it Picture Quote #1

I detest my past, and anyone else’s. I detest resignation, patience, professional heroism and obligatory beautiful feelings. I also detest the decorative arts, folklore, advertising, voices making announcements, aerodynamism, boy scouts, the smell of moth balls, events of the moment, and drunken people Picture Quote #1

If you read folklore and mythology, any kind of myths, any kind of tall tales, running is always associated with freedom and vitality and youthfulness and eternal vigor. It’s only in our lifetime that running has become associated with fear and pain Picture Quote #1

There is scarce a cave, an isolated rock, a lone pine tree or a pile of stones without supporting folklore Picture Quote #1

I’ve loved fairytales, folklore and mythology since I was a small child, and I think it was inevitable that they would influence my style and my development of stories Picture Quote #1

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The assumption that men were created equal, with an equal ability to make an effort and win an earthly reward, although denied every day by experience, is maintained every day by our folklore and our daydreams Picture Quote #1

Folklore is a collection of ridiculous notions held by other people, but not by you and me Picture Quote #1

Folklore used to be passed by word of mouth, from one generation to the next; thats what makes it folklore, as opposed to, say, history, which is written down and stored in an archive Picture Quote #1

I love gothic monsters, but I like to root them more firmly in the traditional folklore from which they sprang. Or at least, I like to evoke the feeling of those folk stories Picture Quote #1

There are lots of things in the folklore, like they can only be killed by a silver bullet, that don’t realistically work, if you’re trying to say they have existed for hundreds of years, unknown Picture Quote #1

Management means, in the last analysis, the substitution of thought for brawn and muscle, of knowledge for folklore and superstition, and of cooperation for force Picture Quote #1

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My academic identity is that of a folklorist, and for many years I have taught only folklore courses (Folklore Quotes) When fairy tales are written in the west, they’re known as folklore. In the east, fairy tales are called religions (Folklore Quotes) What I find interesting about folklore is the dialogue it gives us with storytellers from centuries past (Folklore Quotes) Folklore is the perfect second skin. From under its hide, we can see all the shimmering, shadowy uncertainties of the world (Folklore Quotes) Witches never existed, except in people’s minds. All there was in the olden days was women and some men who believed in herbal cures and in folklore and in the wish to fly. Witches? We’re all witches in one way or another. Witches was the invention of mankind, son. We’re all witches beneath the skin (Folklore Quotes) Rivers run through our history and folklore, and link us as a people. They nourish and refresh us and provide a home for dazzling varieties of fish and wildlife and trees and plants of every sort. We are a nation rich in rivers (Folklore Quotes) One should be wary of talking on end about such subjects as learning, morality or folklore in front of elders or people of rank. It is disagreeable to listen to (Folklore Quotes) The class has become over the years fairly large, running to three hundred or more, but I always insist upon reading all the student folklore collections myself. Although this is a tall order, I look forward to it because I learn so much from it (Folklore Quotes) I detest my past, and anyone else’s. I detest resignation, patience, professional heroism and obligatory beautiful feelings. I also detest the decorative arts, folklore, advertising, voices making announcements, aerodynamism, boy scouts, the smell of moth balls, events of the moment, and drunken people (Folklore Quotes) If you read folklore and mythology, any kind of myths, any kind of tall tales, running is always associated with freedom and vitality and youthfulness and eternal vigor. It’s only in our lifetime that running has become associated with fear and pain (Folklore Quotes) There is scarce a cave, an isolated rock, a lone pine tree or a pile of stones without supporting folklore (Folklore Quotes) I’ve loved fairytales, folklore and mythology since I was a small child, and I think it was inevitable that they would influence my style and my development of stories (Folklore Quotes) The assumption that men were created equal, with an equal ability to make an effort and win an earthly reward, although denied every day by experience, is maintained every day by our folklore and our daydreams (Folklore Quotes) Folklore is a collection of ridiculous notions held by other people, but not by you and me (Folklore Quotes) Folklore used to be passed by word of mouth, from one generation to the next; thats what makes it folklore, as opposed to, say, history, which is written down and stored in an archive (Folklore Quotes) I love gothic monsters, but I like to root them more firmly in the traditional folklore from which they sprang. Or at least, I like to evoke the feeling of those folk stories (Folklore Quotes) There are lots of things in the folklore, like they can only be killed by a silver bullet, that don’t realistically work, if you’re trying to say they have existed for hundreds of years, unknown (Folklore Quotes) Management means, in the last analysis, the substitution of thought for brawn and muscle, of knowledge for folklore and superstition, and of cooperation for force (Folklore Quotes)

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