Younger anthropologists have the notion that anthropology is too diverse. The number of things done under the name of anthropology is just infinite; you can do anything and call it anthropology.

  • -- Clifford Geertz 吉尔兹

年轻的人类学家认为人类学过于多样化。以人类学的名义做的事情是无限的;你可以做任何事,称之为人类学。

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Now everybody's got a crazy notion of their own. Some like to mix up with a crowd, some like to be alone. It's no one elses' business as far as I can see, but every time that I go out the people stare at me, with me little ukulele in me hand.

现在每个人都有自己的疯狂想法。有些人喜欢和一群人混在一起,有些人喜欢独处。据我所知,这不关别人的事,但每次我出门,人们都盯着我看,手里拿着小尤克里里琴。

Most of the things we decide are not what we know to be the best. We say yes, merely because we are driven into a corner and must say something.

我们决定的大多数事情并不是我们所知道的最好的。我们说“是”,仅仅是因为我们被逼到了一个角落,必须说些什么。

Right now it's only a notion, but I think I can get the money to make it into a concept, and later turn it into an idea.

现在它只是一个概念,但我想我可以赚钱把它变成一个概念,然后把它变成一个想法。

You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it.

如果你穿着得体,你可以得到你想要的任何东西。

Anything new is always considered the devil's tool.

任何新事物总是被认为是魔鬼的工具。

Either things grow and change or they die.

要么万物生长变化,要么死亡。