Quote by Mary Douglas
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

Other quotes by Mary Douglas

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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It is only partly true that religion does more harm than good in society. The community makes God into the image it wants, vengeful, or milky sweet, or scrupulously just, and so on. – 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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Equality
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One of the things I like about acting is that, in a funny way, I come back to myself. – Bill Murray

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How many people here have telekenetic powers? Raise my hand. – Emo Philips

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funny

My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger. – Billy Connolly

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funny

I think the pattern of my essays is, A funny thing happened to me on my way through Finnegans Wake. – Leslie Fiedler

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funny

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Sometimes you can make people forget the past with a present. – Author Unknown

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Walk a mile in my shoes is good advice. Our children will learn to respect others if they are used to imagining themselves in anothers place. – Neil Kurshan

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