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I am convinced that living in an enclave shapes the personality, a

I am convinced that living in an enclave shapes the personality, and living alone shapes the personality too. – Mary Douglas

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Just in our lifetime our society has become looser and more private, it becomes extremely difficult to hold to any permanent commitment whatever, least of all to organized religion. – Mary Douglas

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Religion
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I have increasingly, over the years, felt that religion today does our civilization more harm than good. – Mary Douglas

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Religion
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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 rules for equality, but have a firmly defined system of relative status and responsible command. – Mary Douglas

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Most of these people who are celebrities now dont do anything to deserve it, so by that fact alone, I dont want to be one. – will.i.am

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Making checklists of things youre looking for in a person is the numero uno thing you can do to guarantee youll be alone forever. – Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And its O.K., but its of no account. – V. S. Naipaul

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A political prisoner is someone who is out fighting for his or her peoples rights and freedom and is imprisoned for that alone. – Leonard Peltier

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I would go to heaven, but I would take my hell; I would not go alone. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Growing up, my father was a financial analyst for an oil company. He was just a regular dad. And when I would say, Hey, come see my play, hed say, Sure. Hed see one, Oh, good play – you know, very typical dad reaction. – Eric McCormack

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One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one makes. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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