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I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like.

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
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Philadelphia
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The liberals have not softened their view of actuality to make themselves live closer to the dream, but instead sharpen their perceptions and fight to make the dream actuality.
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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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