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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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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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Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination. – 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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And from a military school which taught me that to fit into society, you cant just do anything you damn well please because it will suit you. And that its much better to be with the winners than it is with the losers. – Sam Donaldson

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Society

The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it becomes incapable of performing this duty it must be transformed. – Alexis Carrel

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Society

Im interested in that drive, that rush to judgment, that is so prevalent in our society.We all know that pleasurable rush that comes from condemning, and in the short term its quite a satisfying thing to do, isnt it? – J. K. Rowling

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Society

Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust global community. – Kofi Annan

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Society

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I love a lot of the New York bands, but Patti Smith stands out. I just read Just Kids and its an inspirational, well-written account of an emerging New York artist in the late seventies. – James Iha

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inspirational

You cant wake up one day and say Im for gay marriage, and wake up the next day and say Im against it. Wake up one day and say, Im pro-choice, and the next day wake up and say, Im pro-life. Theres no credibility there. – Roger Stone

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Marriage

There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself – an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly. – Antisthenes

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Truth

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim. – Aristotle

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Art