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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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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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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I know a lot about Jewish comedians.
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In all honesty it was easier to believe it in cool Long Island for its very outrageousness where nobody believed anything very seriously than in hot Carolina where everybody was a Christian and found unbelief unbelievable.
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All the great and beneficent operations of Nature are produced by slow and often imperceptible degrees. The work of destruction and devastation only is violent and rapid.
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Some people would say having a feminist perspective is political, but I don't think it is. I think it's just having a female perspective.
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Satan's snares are mostly subtly laid and are the most tempting when the dividing line between right and wrong is so thin as to be imperceptible.
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Every time a film comes together, usually the studio executives come up for a day to the set. If you're out of town, they'll fly in or wherever you are - the cast, the director, the producers - all get together and have a big dinner and celebrate the fact that we're about to start shooting.
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I wish I was a guy who could have pancakes and bacon and cheesy eggs, but I'd curl up and pass out. I gotta start healthy or I'll be off the rails all day.
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It's unlikely that the organized religions will get more sectarian... or is it? I am not at all sure.
