Mary Douglas Quotes
Real equality is immensely difficult to achieve, it needs continual revision and monitoring of distributions. And it does not provide buffers between members, so they are continually colliding or frustrating each other.Mary Douglas
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
Aaron Neville -
I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity.
Vera Wang -
I started as an actor. I started directing because Steppenwolf needed another strong director.
Gary Sinise -
Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.
Karl Kraus -
We're at maybe 1% of what is possible. Despite the faster change, we're still moving slow relative to the opportunities we have. I think a lot of that is because of the negativity... Every story I read is Google vs someone else. That's boring. We should be focusing on building the things that don't exist.
Larry Page -
As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!
Samuel Pepys
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
Felix Dennis -
Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.
C. S. Lewis -
I am not keen just for the position; I'm keen to help and to serve. If I can really avoid any bad things on my country, I will not hesitate one second.
Najib Mikati -
If you focus on the actions of others and allow them to constantly upset you, then you are handing your peace over to them and giving away your power.
Victoria Osteen -
I dare anybody to look at me and say I'm anorexic. I'm so totally not.
Fiona Apple -
I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
Randy Quaid
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Like some high official, you have to tell your brain: 'Do it. Come on. I have to do it.'
Haile Gebrselassie -
American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
Ian MacKaye -
I've done movies I'm very proud of, but there's always a sense of: 'Come see this shiny new car!' The question I hate the most is: 'Why should people see it?'
Oscar Isaac -
I have a box of things from Becca, my high school girlfriend, and Vanessa; and each one of them was love. I have the notes, the valentines, 20 mixed tapes, all of it. It's important to keep that stuff.
Oliver Hudson -
For me, I've learned if I want a very stable, normal relationship, where I'll be like, 'Okay, this is nice, I know what's going to happen in a month,' it's probably better to date outside the industry. But you can't help who you fall for. It's our dating pool.
Camila Cabello Fifth Harmony -
Two records put me over the top with hip-hop. One of them was 'Planet Rock,' and the other had no lyrics – it was called 'Numbers,' from a group called Kraftwerk. Every kid in the 'hood in New York and New Jersey was popping, locking, and breaking to that record. It was the hottest track on the street at the time.
Queen Latifah
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I pretty much make time for that weekly manicure.
Yancy Butler -
Bonobos are not monkeys! Bonobos are apes.
Andy Dunn -
The one thing I've always done as an author is talk to my publicists. Because they have all the best stories - and they have all the dirt on other, more famous and important writers. They're not supposed to talk about it, but sometimes you can get awesome little tidbits from them.
Lynn Coady -
In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
Fran Lebowitz -
Real equality is immensely difficult to achieve, it needs continual revision and monitoring of distributions. And it does not provide buffers between members, so they are continually colliding or frustrating each other.
Mary Douglas