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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.
Margaret Mead
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Margaret Mead
Age: 76 †
Born: 1901
Born: December 16
Died: 1978
Died: November 15
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The contempt for law and the contempt for the human consequences of lawbreaking go from the bottom to the top of American society.
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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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Monogamous heterosexual love is probably one of the most difficult, complex and demanding of human relationships.
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There is no more creative force in the world than the menopausal woman with zest.
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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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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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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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War is only an invention, not a biological necessity.
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I discovered when I had a child of my own that I had become a biased observer of small children. Instead of looking at them with affectionate but nonpartisan eyes, I saw each of them as older or younger, bigger or smaller, more or less graceful, intelligent, or skilled than my own child.
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We grow up never questioning that which is unquestioned around us.
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I don't consider my marriages as failures! It's idiotic to assume that because a marriage ends, it's failed.
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If one cannot state a matter clearly enough so that even an intelligent twelve-year-old can understand it, one should remain within the cloistered walls of the university and laboratory until one gets a better grasp of one's subject matter.
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Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.
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