Quote by Mary Douglas
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

Other quotes by Mary Douglas

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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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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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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Other Quotes from
Society
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The only way of living in a free society is to feel that you have the right to say and do stuff. – Salman Rushdie

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Society

The basic thing nobody asks is why do people take drugs of any sort? Why do we have these accessories to normal living to live? I mean, is there something wrong with society thats making us so pressurized, that we cannot live without guarding ourselves against it? – John Lennon

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Society

What I work hard at doing is staying on a path of being kind and showing and proving that Im a good person to society. Thats hard. The talent, thats a gift. I just came here like that. – Erykah Badu

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Society

On an average day 7 minutes of news happens. Yet there are currently three full-time, 24-hour news networks. – Jon Stewart

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Society

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amazing

And if they havent got poetry in them, theres nothing you can do that will produce it. – Norman MacCaig

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Poetry

Perhaps our originality manifests itself most strikingly in what we do with that which we did not originate. To discover something wholly new can be a matter of chance, of idle tinkering, or even of the chronic dissatisfaction of the untalented. – Eric Hoffer

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Innovation

If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, youll be amazed at the results. – George S. Patton

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amazing