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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

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Margaret Mead
Age: 76 †
Born: 1901
Born: December 16
Died: 1978
Died: November 15
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I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.
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In each age there is a series of pressing questions which must be asked and answered. On the correctness of the questions depends the survival of those who ask on the quality of the answers depends the quality of the life those survivors will lead.
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Motherhood is a biological fact, while fatherhood is a social invention.
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I learned the value of hard work by working hard.
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You just have to learn not to care about the dusty mites under the beds.
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Because of their age long training in human relations for that is what feminine intuition really is women have a special contribution to make any group enterprise.
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Everybody's suffering is mine but not everybody's murdering ... I do not distinguish for one moment whether my child is in danger or a child in central Asia. But I will not accept responsibility for what other people do because I happen to belong to that nation or that race or that religion. I do not believe in guilt by association.
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Never depend upon institutions or government to solve any problem. All social movements are founded by, guided by, motivated and seen through by the passion of individuals.
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The United States has the power to destroy the world, but not the power to save it alone
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The assumption that men and woman are essentially alike in all respects, or even in the most important ones, is a damaging one, as damaging as the assumption that they are different in ways in which they aren't different, perhaps more so.
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