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I had my father’s mind, but he had his mother’s mind. Fortunately, his mother lived with us and so I early realized that intellectual abilities of the kind I shared with my father and grandmother were not sex-linked.

Margaret Mead

I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don’t agree with or like.
MARGARET MEAD

Agreement Deal Myself People Respect
We have nowhere else to go, this is all we have.
MARGARET MEAD

Journey Path Present Time
Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.
MARGARET MEAD

Competition Relationship Sister Strong
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.
MARGARET MEAD

Burn Dance Energy Love Pollution Prayer
Never ever depend on governments or institutions to solve any major problems. All social change comes from the passion of individuals.
MARGARET MEAD

Change Government Institution Passion Problem Social Solution
Throughout history, females have picked providers for males. Males pick anything.
MARGARET MEAD

Choice Female History Male
The ability to learn is older as it is also more widespread than is the ability to teach.
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Ability Learning Old Teaching
My grandmother wanted me to get a good education, so she kept me as far away from schools as possible.
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Education Goodness Myself Possible School
There is no evidence that suggests women are naturally better at caring for children… with the fact of child-bearing out of the centre of attention, there is even more reason for treating girls first as human beings, then as women.
MARGARET MEAD

Children Evidence Fact Natural Reason Treat Woman
A small group of thoughtful people could change the world.
MARGARET MEAD

Change People Small Thinking World
Sometimes, instead of helping people to advance, a discovery or an invention holds them back.
MARGARET MEAD

Help Invention People Time
The assumption that men and woman are essentially alike in all respects, or even in the most important ones, is a damaging one, as damaging as the assumption that they are different in ways in which they aren’t different, perhaps more so.
MARGARET MEAD

Assume Damage Different Important Man Oneself Woman
Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.
MARGARET MEAD

Liberty Man Philosophy Time Woman
If a fish were an anthropologist, the last thing it would discover would be water.
MARGARET MEAD

Discover Philosophy Water
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.
MARGARET MEAD

Attention History Point Proper Space Togetherness World
You can never have a relationship with someone whose smell you don’t like.
MARGARET MEAD

Relationship Smell Yourself

I had my father’s mind, but he had his mother’s mind. Fortunately, his mother lived with us and so I early realized that intellectual abilities of the kind I shared with my father and grandmother were not sex-linked.

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I had my father’s mind, but he had his mother’s mind. Fortunately, his mother lived with us and so I early realized that intellectual abilities of the kind I shared with my father and grandmother were not sex-linked.

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