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I never leave a sentence or a paragraph until I'm satisfied with it.

~Clifford Geertz

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I think feminism has had a major impact on anthropology.

~Clifford Geertz

Topics: Anthropology Feminism Had Impact Major Think I Think

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I think of myself as a writer who happens to be doing his writing as an anthropologist.

~Clifford Geertz

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I think the American university system still seems to be the best system in the world.

~Clifford Geertz

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I think what's known about neurology is still scattered and uncertain.

~Clifford Geertz

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I was trained in the '50s as a New Critic. I remember what literature was like before the New Critics, when people stood up and talked about Shelley's soul and such things.

~Clifford Geertz

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I'm writing a review of three books on feminism and science, and it's about social constructionism. So I would say I'm a social constructionist, whatever that means.

~Clifford Geertz

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I've written a lot of books which are written from the moon - the view from nowhere.

~Clifford Geertz

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If I remember correctly, a writer is someone who wants to convey information. Language or writing is a code.

~Clifford Geertz

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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

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: August 23rd, 1926

Died: October 30th, 2006

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