Mary Douglas Quotes
It's unlikely that the organized religions will get more sectarian... or is it? I am not at all sure.
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When I was nine years old, my family lost our home, and the six of us moved into my grandparents' converted garage.
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The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves - and the better the teacher, the better the student body.
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If I had an ego as big as the Eiffel Tower, would I have won this many collective trophies? I know people like to talk about it. And O.K., I am not going to answer every story. But maybe I will let my collective trophies speak for themselves. I don't know many other footballers who have won as much. Do you?
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Broad-mindedness is related to tolerance; open-mindedness is the sibling of peace.
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We, Will Ferrell and I, were approached by Sequoia, which is a big financing firm up in Palo Alto; they do a lot of Internet stuff, and they came to us and said they had an idea for a comedy site, and Will and I were sorta like, 'Yeah, we don't know. It's the Internet, we've seen it come and go.'
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But I've got more to learn, too. I don't feel like I'm done or I know it all.
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People ask if I walk around and pinch myself. Yes, I do.
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I had arrived years ago in Paris and just wanted to be famous, fast. When you're pretentious like that, and you think you've planned everything perfectly, it's then that everything goes in the opposite way.
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My first gig was a Corn Pops commercial. I did the first Vanilla Coke campaign. A Juicy Fruit commercial paid my bills for years.
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Television really has been my vehicle. I don't get played on the radio much, so I've relied on TV a lot.
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Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.
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Growing up in South London, we went to a school where there were not that many Jewish kids. I love being Jewish in L.A.; it feels really normal. The culture seems to be integrated into Hollywood. Everyone uses Yiddish words like 'schlep' and 'schmooze.' That's what I love about New York, too.
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I live halfway between reality and theater at all times. And I was born this way.
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My parents are OK with me wearing a small heel, up to 1.5 inches high. Heels give me height when I wear such long dresses. For me, they complete the outfit.
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Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business.
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Sometimes I want to be on 'The Real Housewives of New York.' I want to remind them to figure out how to get along and support each other.
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When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact.
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No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
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A theme I'm obsessed with is the tension between human nature and the frameworks designed to curb the worst and promote the best of it.
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Saying "I'll start managing my money as soon as I get caught up" is like an overweight person saying "I'll start exercising and dieting as soon as I lose twenty pounds."
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Love can change us beyond recognition, we become love-sick, soft-eyed jelly-bellied fools.
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Great Britain has long been one of our strongest friends in the free world.
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If I were to write the story of my life, I would shock the world.
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It's unlikely that the organized religions will get more sectarian... or is it? I am not at all sure.
