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I want to die young at a ripe old age.

Ashley Montagu

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Ashley Montagu
Age: 94 †
Born: 1905
Born: June 28
Died: 1999
Died: November 16
Anthropologist
University Teacher
Montague Francis Ashley-Montagu
Montague Francis Ashley Montagu
Israel Ehrenberg
M. F. Ashley-Montague
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The cultured man is an artist, an artist in humanity.
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Hatred is love frustrated.
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The whole of life is a journey toward youthful old age, toward self-contemplation, love, gaiety, and, in a fundamental sense, the most gratifying time of our lives. . . . Old age should be a harvest time when the riches of life are reaped and enjoyed, while it continues to be a special period for self-development and expansion.
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The way I change my life is to act as if I am the person I really want to be.
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In teaching it is the method and not the content that is the message.
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By virtue of being born to humanity, every human being has a right to the development and fulfillment of his potentialities as a human being.
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... the main principle by which human beings must guide the future course of their development is love.
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Children are the most learning-hungry beings in the world.
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The natural superiority of women is a biological fact, and a socially acknowledged reality.
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