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We are living beyond our means. As a people we have developed a life-style that is draining the earth of its priceless and irreplaceable resources without regard for the future of our children and people all around the world.
Margaret Mead
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Margaret Mead
Age: 76 †
Born: 1901
Born: December 16
Died: 1978
Died: November 15
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Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute. Neither does song, neither does love, neither does the dance.
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The anonymity of the city is one of its strengths as well as - carried too far - one of its weaknesses.
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A small group of thoughtful people could change the world.
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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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Be who you really are, do what you want to do, in order to have what you really want.
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For the human species to evolve, the conversation must deepen.
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Everybody's suffering is mine but not everybody's murdering ... I do not distinguish for one moment whether my child is in danger or a child in central Asia. But I will not accept responsibility for what other people do because I happen to belong to that nation or that race or that religion. I do not believe in guilt by association.
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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.
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Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.
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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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Parents feel like immigrants in the country of the young.
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Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents.
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