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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.
Margaret Mead
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Margaret Mead
Age: 76 †
Born: 1901
Born: December 16
Died: 1978
Died: November 15
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American society is very like a fish society. . . . Among certain species of fish, the only thing which determines order of dominance is length of time in the fishbowl. The oldest resident picks on the newest resident, and if the newest resident is removed to a new bowl, he, as oldest resident, will pick on the newcomers.
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Warfare ... is just an invention, older and more widespread than the jury system, but none the less an invention.
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If a fish were an anthropologist, the last thing it would discover would be water.
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It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly.
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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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Men have always been afraid that women could get along without them.
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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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Man's most human characteristic is not his ability to learn, which he shares with many other species, but his ability to teach and store what others have developed and taught him.
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Earth Day is the first holy day...and is devoted to the harmony of nature... The celebration offends no historical calendar, yet it transcends them all.
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EARTH DAY reminds the people of the world of the need for continuing care which is vital to Earth's safety.
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The older child who has lost or broken some valuable thing will be found when his parents return, not run away, not willing to confess, but in a deep sleep. The thief whose case is being tried falls asleep.
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I was a child that both my parents wanted. I was told from the time I was born that I was totally satisfactory. I had a chance to be what I wanted to be.
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War is only an invention, not a biological necessity.
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WE MUST DEVISE A SYSTEM IN WHICH PEACE IS MORE REWARDING THAN WAR.
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human beings seem to hold on more tenaciously to a cultural identity that is learned through suffering than to one that has been acquired through pleasure and delight.
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