[W.H.R.] Rivers is the Rider Haggard of anthropology; I shall be the Conrad.
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For no sooner had I begun to read this great work [Frasier, The Golden Bough ], than I became immersed in it and enslaved by it. I realized then that anthropology, as presented by Sir James Frazer, is a great science, worthy of as much devotion as any of her elder and more exact sister studies, and I became bound to the service of Frazerian anthropology.
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I’m an avid biography reader.
“I’m an avid biography reader.” Brent Spiner
Oftentimes, if a writer really gets her hooks into me, I’ll want to read interviews, or listen to an interview, or read a literary biography or a memoir of some kind. And doing so almost always deepens my enjoyment of the author and her work.
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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
“Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without … Read More
I’m interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.
“I’m interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, … Read More
I am a huge admirer of Elizabeth I, and this intriguing biography gives a wonderful picture of the era.
“I am a huge admirer of Elizabeth I, and this intriguing … Read More
The creative person should have no other biography than his works.
“The creative person should have no other biography than his works.” … Read More
Somebody approached me about writing a biography on me, I told them they were too late.
Somebody approached me about writing a biography on me, I told … Read More
Tycho, we’re about to achieve a tremendous victory we don’t want.” “We’ll put that in your biography. General Antilles was so good he couldn’t fail when he tried to.” “Thanks.” Wedge & Tycho
Tycho, we’re about to achieve a tremendous victory we don’t want.” … Read More
I think a biography is only as interesting as the lives and times it illuminates.
I think a biography is only as interesting as the lives … Read More
I had lost faith in biography.
I had lost faith in biography. A. N. Wilson