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Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, su

Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination. – Mary Douglas

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

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alone
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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 to be no rewards for them, if they stay. – Mary Douglas

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The 2010 global gender gap report by the World Economic Forum shows that countries with better gender equality have faster-growing, more competitive economies. – Michelle Bachelet

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There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives from the consequences of great industrial and social processes which they cannot alter, control, or singly cope with. – Woodrow Wilson

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There is no saint without a past, and no sinner without a future. – Shri Haidakhan Babaji

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The liberal ideal is that everyone should have fair access and fair opportunity. This is not equality of result. Its equality of opportunity. Theres a fundamental difference. – Robert Reich

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Theres only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the knowledge of God. – Aldous Huxley

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The world more often rewards the appearance of merit than merit itself. – La Rochefoucauld, Maxims, 1665

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Dont dig your grave with your knife and fork. – English Proverb

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There are two types of people — those who come into a room and say, “Well, here I am!” and those who come in and say, “Ah, there you are.” – Frederick L. Collins

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