Future orientation is combined with a notion and...... Quote by "Alan Dundes"

Future orientation is combined with a notion and expectation of progress, and nothing is impossible.
— Alan Dundes

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Other Quotes by "Alan Dundes"

Life, it seems, is nothing if not a series of initiations, transitions, and incorporations.
— Alan Dundes

Polls are frequently taken to try to tease out or determine likely directions and trends, but once taken, they belong to the past, requiring that new polls be taken.
— Alan Dundes

Tags: trends, try, new, past

Ancestor worship, or filial piety so characteristic of Asian cultures, for example, does not really resonate with Americans who favor children, not grandparents.
— Alan Dundes

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Americans do believe in progress and there is almost certainly a kernel of truth in the joke.
— Alan Dundes

Tags: joke, progress, believe, truth

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

Tags: present, past, future, time