Quote by Mary Douglas
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

Other quotes by Mary Douglas

If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or funny. – Mary Douglas

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funny
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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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Religion can make it worse. Are you supposing that if people were encouraged to believe in a transcendent reality, and to be encouraged by grand rituals and music and preaching, to love their neighbors, then they would put jealousy and frustration aside? – Mary Douglas

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Jealousy
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alone
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I think its interesting that cologne rhymes with alone. – Demetri Martin

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alone

I grew up in a very large family in a very small house. I never slept alone until after I was married. – Lewis Grizzard

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alone

Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company. – Booker T. Washington

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alone

A celibate, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in a perpetual sweetness, but sits alone, and is confined and dies in singularity. – Jeremy Taylor

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alone

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