"If people want to compete for leadership of……" — Mary Douglas
"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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37 Quotes by Mary Douglas
Mary Douglas has 37 quotes on this site.
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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…
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I am sure it must be true that people opt out of the mainstream society because they feel that there…
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It is only partly true that religion does more harm than good in society. The community makes God into the…
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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…
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Our technological infrastructure alienates us from each other. No need to form a workplace community, everybody there will be out…
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The theory of cultural bias... is the idea that a culture is based on a particular form of organization. It…
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Behind a leader there must be followers, but they should always be on the lookout for the main chance and…
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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... are so strong, they can handle wealth, they are confident. I think it is because they are not bogged…
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More Chill Quotes
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It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.
— Francis of Assisi
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I've learned over the years that if you start thinking about the race, it stresses you out a little bit.…
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If I feel anxious every time someone is staring at me, well, I can't control what they stare at, but…
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Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer…
— Thomas Carlyle
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One time or another we all face adversity's chilling wind. One man flees from it, and like an unresisting kite…
— David O. McKay
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Kingston is so chill. He goes with me everywhere. He's been to every studio in L.A., New York, London. He…
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A cousin of mine who was a casualty surgeon in Manhattan tells me that he and his colleagues had a…
— Stephen Fry
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For me, the promised land, always seeming just beyond my reach, is the poetic masterpiece, that perfect union of words…
— Unknown Author
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Those who become incoculated with the virus of race hatred are more unfortunate than the victim of it. Race hatred…
— Kelly Miller
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We grow with years more fragile in body, but morally stutter, and can throw off the chill of a bad…
— Logan Pearsall Smith
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... the spring, the summer, The chilling autumn, angry winter, change Their wonted liveries; and the mazed world By their…
— William Shakespeare
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