Mary Douglas Quotes

Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination.

Mary Douglas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: March 25, 1921 - May 16, 2007

Topics

EqualityBadInequalityWaySure

You don't pay an actor to act. An actor will do that for free because we love to act. You pay an actor to wait.

John Candy

LoveWaitFreeYouActorWill

I operate under the theory that all publicity is good publicity, and then, if that theory doesn't work, you just say that any newspaper article ends up on the bottom of the parrot cage. But, of course, you can't line a parrot cage with Internet bloggers, can you?

Joel Edgerton

WorkGoodInternetYouSayLine

Of all the things you choose in life, you don't get to choose what your nightmares are. You don't pick them; they pick you.

John Irving

LifeYouChooseThingsNightmares

I've become very close with Tom Hardy. I love Tom to bits.

Stephen Graham

LoveBecomeCloseVeryTomI Love

Idleness is an appendix to nobility.

Robert Burton

NobilityIdlenessAppendix

'New Mutants' is the absolute definition of a broken down jalopy, and I took it on, and I just remade it... That's why I was so cocky and confident: because I was like, 'I just turned around this broken down comic book with products of my imagination.'

Rob Liefeld

ImaginationBrokenBookConfident

I am a micromanager, and I love being involved in every detail of my life, but in the big picture, you realize how little control you have. 'Air I Breathe' is about those moments of surrender where you get to something that is bigger than you, and you don't have answers for it.

Mat Kearney

LifeLoveI AmDetailControlYou

I'm someone very interested in diversity, equity, social justice, and getting rid of white supremacy.

Michael Tubbs

JusticeDiversitySomeoneWhiteVery

I sang so many beautiful compositions, but 'Rockstar' was indeed magic.

Mohit Chauhan

BeautifulMagicManyIndeedSang

We were never a frivolous band; we prided ourselves on having something to say, and I think that's what gives your songs longevity.

Dolores O'Riordan

ThinkSayNeverBandLongevityYour

Every Motown act dressed classy, and we were clean-cut. Whenever you saw a Motown act, they were polished, and they knew how to treat people.

Dennis Edwards

PeopleTreatYouDressedClassyAct

'No' is a dynamic that you've got to master before you can ever master 'yes.'

Christopher Voss

YouMasterYesGotDynamicBefore

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