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If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, the

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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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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Real equality is immensely difficult to achieve, it needs continual revision and monitoring of distributions. And it does not provide buffers between members, so they are continually colliding or frustrating each other. – Mary Douglas

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Equality
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If you want to change the culture, you will have to start by changing the organization. – Mary Douglas

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Change
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Im going to marry a Jewish woman because I like the idea of getting up Sunday morning and going to the deli. – Michael J. Fox

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funny

And theres a visceral fun in watching Team America and making it, like taking a puppet and throwing it against the wall. Because its not CG, theres something funny about it. – Matt Stone

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funny

I wear black skinny-fit jeans – I cant get away from them. Its funny because I wore baggy jeans for ages, then one day my friend convinced me to try on a skinny pair and I thought they were great. – Shaun White

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funny

People ask do you make a conscious effort not to swear? – if youre doing silly stuff youre not tempted to put swearing in. All the comics from my childhood, who were funny without swearing, were the people that influenced me. What I do is quite traditional anyway. – Tim Vine

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funny

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As a private lawyer, I could bill $750 an hour, but I dont. – Jay Alan Sekulow

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My first ever job after college was as a flight attendant. I wanted to travel and could not afford it, so I decided to get myself a job where I could travel. I did it for two years and had great fun. – Jacqueline Winspear

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