Oral History Quotes
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Oral History Quotes & Sayings
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Oral history interviews allow us to document and chronicle people's stories; stories that might otherwise not be included in the historical record.
— Patricia Leavy
Unix is not so much an operating system as an oral history.
— Neal Stephenson
All history was at first oral.
— Samuel Johnson
The mixture of the oral and the written traditions in the writings of Plato enabled him to dominate the history of the West.
— Harold Innis
Hanging out is good historical methodology.
— Jean Pfaelzer
Oral history is a recipe for complete misrepresentation because almost no one tells the truth, even when they intend to.
— Niall Ferguson
Never explain what you do. It speaks for itself. You only muddle it by talking about it.
— Shel Silverstein
I went to karate classes where it was basically a line-up of hulking man, hulking man, small nine-year-old girl, hulking man, hulking man.
— Rhianna Pratchett
I'd play every day if I could. It's cheaper than a shrink and there are no telephones on my golf cart.
— Brent Musburger
Don't we have to live a little first? And read later?
— Ronald Frame