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Their term project consists of a fieldwork collection of folklore that they create by interviewing family members, friends, or anyone they can manage to persuade to serve as an informant. Alan Dundes

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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. Alan Dundes

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I mentioned that one of the tripartite formulas in American worldview involves time: past, present, and future. Alan Dundes

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I find all folklore challenging, and I never cease to be grateful that I became a professional folklorist. Alan Dundes

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As a folklorist, I have come to believe that no piece of folklore continues to be transmitted unless it means something - even if neither the speaker nor the audience can articulate what that meaning might be. Alan Dundes

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It is a barren kind of criticism which tells you what a thing is not. Alfred Whitney Griswold

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Things have got to be wrong in order that they may be deplored. Alfred Whitney Griswold

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A lot of people are surprised economists are assisting with kidney exchanges. Exchanges are what economists are good at. Alvin E. Roth

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The simple model of a bridge is great, and you could not build a bridge without understanding it well. But if you're actually building the bridge, you need to know the site. A lot of economics is like that: When prices go up, demand is gonna go down. You can't forget that and run your economy. But it's not the only thing you need to know. Alvin E. Roth

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