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One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don't come home at night.

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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
Humans
Smile
Come
Relationship
Needs
Wonder
Life
Family
Night
Someone
Feline
Home
Oldest
Human
Cat

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