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I am sure it must be true that people opt out of the mainstream so

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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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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Mary Douglas
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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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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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I think societal instinct much deeper than sex instinct — and societal repression much more devastating. – D.H. Lawrence

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Society

Popular art is the dream of society it does not examine itself. – Margaret Atwood

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Society

Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three oclock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap. – Barbara Jordan

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Society

In this I-me society, my job is to get people to buy into something bigger than themselves. – Curt Schilling

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Society

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I dont want to hear about my death. – Oriana Fallaci

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I used to eat because food tastes so good. I love food, its one of the best things on this planet. But I changed the way I was thinking. I started asking myself, Hey, am I eating because it tastes good? Or because I really need some more? Am I really still hungry? – Jordin Sparks

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If you haven’t had at least a slight poetic crack in the heart, you have been cheated by nature. – Phyllis Battelle

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We need to accept the seemingly obvious fact that a toxic environment can make people sick and that no amount of medical intervention can protect us. The health care community must become a powerful political lobby for environmental policy and legislation. – Andrew Weil

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environmental