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No one will live all his life in the world into which he was born and no one will die in the world in which he worked in his maturity.
Margaret Mead
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Margaret Mead
Age: 76 †
Born: 1901
Born: December 16
Died: 1978
Died: November 15
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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 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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A society which is clamouring for choice, which is filled with many articulate groups, each urging its own brand of salvation, its own variety of economic philosophy, will give each new generation no peace until all have chosen or gone under, unable to bear the conditions of choice.
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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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The anonymity of the city is one of its strengths as well as - carried too far - one of its weaknesses.
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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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There is no greater power in the world than the zest of a postmenopausal woman.
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Blackberry winter, the time when the hoarforst lies on the blackberry blossoms without this frost the berries will not set. It is the forerunner of a rich harvest.
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The young, free to act on their initiative, can lead their elders in the direction of the unknown... The children, the young, must ask the questions that we would never think to ask, but enough trust must be re-established so that the elders will be permitted to work with them on the answers.
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What is new is not bisexuality, but rather the widening of our awareness and acceptance of human capacities for sexual love.
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I have spent most of my life studying the lives of other peoples - faraway peoples - so that Americans might better understand themselves.
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Motherhood is a biological fact, while fatherhood is a social invention.
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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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Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we've put it in an impossible situation.
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Living in the modern world, clothed and muffled, forced to convey our sense of our bodies in terms of remote symbols like walking sticks and umbrellas and handbags, it is easy to lose sight of the immediacy of the human body plan.
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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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Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
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WE MUST DEVISE A SYSTEM IN WHICH PEACE IS MORE REWARDING THAN WAR.
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If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place.
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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.
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