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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.
Margaret Mead
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Margaret Mead
Age: 76 †
Born: 1901
Born: December 16
Died: 1978
Died: November 15
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I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.
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The first step in the direction of a world rule of law is the recognition that peace no longer is an unobtainable ideal but a necessary condition of continued human existence. But to take even this step we must return to a calm and responsible frame of mind in which we can face the long patient tasks ahead.
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Standardized personality differences between the sexes are of this order, cultural creations to which each generation, male and female, is trained to conform.
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Women are scolded both for being mothers and for not being mothers, for wanting to eat their cake and have it too, and for not wanting to eat their cake and have it too.
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I had no reason to doubt that brains were suitable for a woman.
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No society that feeds its children on tales of successful violence can expect them not to believe that violence in the end is rewarded.
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Human nature is almost unbelievably malleable, responding accurately and contrastingly to contrasting cultural conditions.
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The way to do fieldwork is never to come up for air until it is all over.
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It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.
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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.
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Jealousy is not a barometer by which the depth of love can be read. It merely records the degree of the lover's insecurity.
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We grow up never questioning that which is unquestioned around us.
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there are now no elders who know more than the young themselves about what the young are experiencing.
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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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One of the most dangerous things that can happen to a child is to kill or torture an animal and get away with it.
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today's children are the first generation to grow up in a world that has the power to destroy itself.
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I suddenly realized that through no act of my own I had become biologically related to a new human being.
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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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