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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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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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Mary Douglas
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Since 1970, relationships can be more volatile, jobs more ephemeral, geographical mobility more intensified, stability of marriage weaker. – Mary Douglas

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Marriage
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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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Society
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Its funny, though, with films, because you can incorporate a variety of elements, and sometimes that can work for you and sometimes I think it can work against you. – Guy Pearce

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Im like, bursting. I should be working. I dont want to take a break. Its funny, on set, I dont have to go to the bathroom, I dont have anything wrong, Im perfectly fine, so through-and-through. Im not hungry. Im literally not even in my own body. – Kristen Stewart

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Its a funny thing: You want so badly for people to see what you do – youre proud of it – and I like the effect that movies have on people. But the attention can also make me uncomfortable. – Kristen Stewart

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Housework cant kill you, but why take a chance? – Phyllis Diller

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