Mary Douglas Quotes

I have increasingly, over the years, felt that religion today does our civilization more harm than good.

Mary Douglas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GoodTodayReligionCivilizationOur

No matter what vision one has of South Africa, the first thing that must be done is to destroy racism.

Joe Slovo

VisionRacismDoneAfricaMatter

I look at all the ingredients of a film and say, 'Is this a positive thing that I'm putting into the world? Is there honor and respect in the way the story is being told about them? And would they approve of that?'

Jessica Chastain

PositiveRespectWorldStoryHonor

There is a presumption made among nationalists that constitutional change is the answer to all the questions that are problematic in our communities, and my job is to talk about what is happening in the real world.

Johann Lamont

ChangeJobWorldQuestionsTalk

I was on Oprah's show recently talking about the people who impacted me the most. One was a teacher and one was my soccer coach. I didn't even go into my family, who had the most influence.

Andrew Shue

FamilyTeacherPeopleMeInfluence

Pictures of entire lives, of the choices that people make and how those choices work out for them, those pictures are almost impossible to get.

Robert J. Waldinger

WorkPeopleImpossibleChoicesOut

My involvement in the Simpson criminal trial was a personal matter and did not involve Movie Tunes, its distributors or exhibitors.

Robert Kardashian

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People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe.

Andy Rooney

TruthPeopleBelieveFactsAccept

I believe that the majority of times the scale tilts toward the good. It's this amazing thing that rolls on and if we get in the flow of it, that's God. And if we fight it, if we swim the other way, we're swimming away from the purest expression of this life.

Michael J. Fox

LifeGoodGodFightAmazingBelieve

Payable On Death is actually a banking term, when someone passes on, what someone leaves behind. We related that to Jesus on the cross, and by his death, our sins are paid, the debt is paid. We have salvation if we want it. We got tired of saying Payable On Death, so we went to P.O.D.

Sonny Sandoval

DeathTiredSayingSomeoneWant

I always think of my father when I sing arias about loss and love and longing. It gave me that definite deep sorrow that one can only get from life experience, you know?

Sondra Radvanovsky

LifeLoveFatherExperienceMeDeep

Anyone can write an academic piece directed at other academics. To write something that delivers an argument and a gripping storyline to someone's granny or eight-year-old takes the highest quality of your powers.

Simon Schama

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I enjoy being recognized whatever environment I'm in.

Tony Curtis

EnvironmentEnjoyWhateverBeing

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