Mary Douglas Quotes

Every year the progress of advanced capitalist society makes our population consist of more and more isolates. This is because of the infrastructure of the economy, especially electronic communications.

Mary Douglas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ProgressSocietyYearMoreEconomy

I haven't been hunting for years. It is just a tradition I grew up with.

Jochen Zeitz

TraditionHuntingYearsUpBeen

I have a picture of all of us going to a club with my friends from 'Soul Train.' All the girls just going out to a nightclub, and we're all dressed like we were dressed on 'Soul Train.' It was the most surreal experience for me because I walk into the club with them, and people started screaming. 'Oh my God! It's the 'Soul Train' dancers.'

Rosie Perez

GodExperienceWalkSoulPeopleMe

I was worried about my mom more than I was worried about the president. And then I was worried about the president, and then I was worried about myself.

Monica Lewinsky

MyselfMomPresidentMoreThanThen

If I were a capitalist I would not give my employees health insurance with no deductible, which I do, including dental, and paid pregnancy leave. That's not called capitalism, that's called being a Christian and someone who believes in democracy, so that everyone should get a fair slice of the pie.

Michael Moore

HealthDemocracyCapitalismEmployees

It's kind of like a college degree... when you get one, no one can take it from you. When you get to say for the rest of your life that you've got a platinum album, that really means something.

Luke Bryan

LifeCollegeRestYouSayKind

I won't divulge the details, but there's a way to call somebody's phone and have whatever number you want appear on the caller I.D. so that the call you're making appears to be coming from someone else.

Joshua Malina

DetailsSomeoneYouPhoneWantWay

Of course I'm happy with my time in professional wrestling. I met some great people, I met my wife, and I wouldn't trade it for the world.

CM Punk

GreatTimeWifeHappyPeopleWorld

There would always be scripts that came along that I turned down, like Gang Member #5 - roles that were just stereotypes.

Winston Duke

DownStereotypesAlwaysGangAlong

The execution of any thing considerable implies in the first place previous persevering meditation.

William Godwin

MeditationPlaceExecutionFirstAny

When I started out in the eighties, the idea of creating serious comics for adults was pretty laughable to most folks, and for the longest time it was hard to even explain what alternative comics or graphic novels were. Nobody seemed to understand or care. Not so, any longer.

Seth

TimeCareCreatingNobodyUnderstand

So long as I can remember, my siblings and I would have 'Star Wars' action figures or Fisher-Price action figures, and we would build these sprawling compounds.

Sean Gunn

ActionRememberLongI CanBuild

Our values are that we do think that people have a right to privacy. And that our customers are not our products.

Tim Cook

PeopleThinkValuesPrivacyRight

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