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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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Margaret Mead
Age: 76 †
Born: 1901
Born: December 16
Died: 1978
Died: November 15
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I learned the value of hard work by working hard.
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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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Pigs and cows and chickens and people are all competing for grain.
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We grow up never questioning that which is unquestioned around us.
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Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive.
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the people of one nation alone cannot save their own children each holds the responsibility for the others' children.
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We are at a point in history where a proper attention to space, and especially near space, may be absolutely crucial in bringing the world together.
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It is of very doubtful value to enlist the gifts of a woman into fields that have been defined as male it frightens the men, unsexes the women, and muffles and distorts the contribution women could make.
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Sooner or later I'm going to die, but I'm not going to retire.
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And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we began is now its own.
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we came to realize that a civilization which rode roughshod over the way of life of other peoples was incorporating evil in its own way of life.
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Be who you really are, do what you want to do, in order to have what you really want.
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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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Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being.
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