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Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.

Margaret Mead

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Margaret Mead
Age: 76 †
Born: 1901
Born: December 16
Died: 1978
Died: November 15
Anthropologist
Cultural Anthropologist
Curator
Film Director
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Never
Caring
World
Indeed
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Embrace
Kindness
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Change
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Believe
Generosity

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