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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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It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized religion, and to prefer looser and more private arrangements. – Mary Douglas

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Religion
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Mary Douglas
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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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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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Artists are going to be the metronome of this society. – Yoko Ono

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Society
[The] men of the technostructure are the new and universal priesthood. Their religion is business success; their test of virtue is growth and profit. Their bible is the computer printout; their communion bench is the committee room. – J.K. Galbraith, The Age of Uncertainty, 1977

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Society

A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives. – George Osborne

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Society

People dont want other people to get high, because if you get high, you might see the falsity of the fabric of the society we live in. – Ken Kesey

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Society

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Periodic fasting can help clear up the mind and strengthen the body and the spirit. – Ezra Taft Benson

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Fasting

No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning. – Cyril Connolly

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I wake up in the morning, I do a little stretching exercises, pick up the horn and play. – Herb Alpert

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