Yes, I think you have gone seriously overboard :) No one will accuse you of plaigarism if you phrase material in your own words and give the citation. That is standard procedure. What I have done is highlighted every single quote in the document, which should give you a clear idea of how very often you use them. So far I have only found one instance in which (part of) a quote was duplicated. I deleted that. They are also distracting when in the text, as there are places where there are errors and I can't tell where a quote ends, for e.g. But they are just distracting generally. Much better to put in your own words, I would say especially b/c it's a multidisciplinary study where your personal integration of the material is important.

Also, you don't need to put 1st initials in the in-text citations, but you do need commas after the authors' names. You also don't need to put the title of the book/article in the in-text cites. 

I don't know if you're aware--I made a comment--but I cannot edit the majority of the in-text citations or the bibliography b/c they are formatted as hot links. All I've been able to do is put book titles in italics, for example. I have no problem editing the bibliography at whatever time you wish, but you will have to deal somehow w/ my current inability to do it at all.

Did you receive the confidentiality agreement? I emailed it to you yesterday.

All Best,

Nyanidoc