A person's identity is not to be found in behavior...but in the capacity to keep a particular narrative going

All so-called ‘quantitative’ data, when scrutinized, turn out to be composites of ‘qualitative’ – i.e., contextually located and indexical – interpretations produced by situated researchers, coders, government officials and others. The

When the image of Nelson Mandela may be more familiar to us than the face of our next-door neighbour, something has changed in the nature of our everyday experience.

The father and Ms. Ventura has indicated no one else know about it, so the pressure on that young girl had to be immeasurable.

The Italians and Spanish, the Chinese and Vietnamese see food as part of a larger, more essential and pleasurable part of daily life. Not as an experience to be collected or bragged about - or as a ritual like filling up a car - but as something else that gives pleasure, like sex or music, or a good nap in the afternoon.

This was amazing! This was more than I ever imagined the Opening Ceremonies to be. It's greater than portrayed on television.