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Mary Douglas has 37 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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I am convinced that living in an enclave shapes the personality, and living alone shapes the personality too.
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Without the letters of condolence, telegrams of congratulations, and occasional postcards, the friendship of a separated friend is not a social reality.…
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I am sure it must be true that people opt out of the mainstream society because they feel that there are going…
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It is only partly true that religion does more harm than good in society. The community makes God into the image it…
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Since 1970, relationships can be more volatile, jobs more ephemeral, geographical mobility more intensified, stability of marriage weaker.
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The natural response of the old-timers is to build a strong moral wall against the outside. This is where the world starts…
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Our technological infrastructure alienates us from each other. No need to form a workplace community, everybody there will be out in a…
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The theory of cultural bias... is the idea that a culture is based on a particular form of organization. It can't be…
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Behind a leader there must be followers, but they should always be on the lookout for the main chance and ready to…
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If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or funny.
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The human body is always treated as an image of society.
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It seems true that the growth of science and secularism made organized Christianity feel under threat.
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Mormons aren't gonna buy my album but, you know, what are you gonna do?
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In 1847, two years before the greedy rush for gold began in California, the Mormons quietly began irrigating Utah's Salt Lake Valley.…
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Among the Mormons, things temporal have always been important along with things eternal, for salvation in this world and the next is…
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Mormons... are so strong, they can handle wealth, they are confident. I think it is because they are not bogged down by…
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We were now, as I before mentioned, upon this St. Joseph's trail. It was evident, by the traces, that large parties were…
— Francis Parkman
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I'm as much influenced by Joseph Smith and the Mormons as I am, more so, than by Eliot. Actually, I'm much more…
— Marguerite Young
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I'm trying to write a TV show. Ideally it would be just a reality-TV show, getting the guy who played Eddie Winslow…
— Patrick Carney
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In our home we grew up thinking we were Mormons first and human beings second.
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Mitt Romney is a true Mormon. John Edwards and Bill Clinton are not real Mormons. It was not 'Brigham Young' they were…
— Evan Sayet
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It's a lot more common now for someone to know a Mormon rather than just know of Mormons out in Utah, ...…
— Brigham Young
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When I was three, I fell and I got Bell's palsy in my face. My mom said the first day she called…
— Roseanne Barr
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I find Mormons adorable.
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