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in all cultures, human beings – in order to be human – must understand the nonhuman.

Margaret Mead

I think rigid heterosexuality is a perversion of nature.
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Nature Pervert Thinking
The anonymity of the city is one of its strengths as well as – carried too far – one of its weaknesses.
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Anonymous Carry Strength Weakness
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.
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Death Life Live Maturity Oneself World
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.
MARGARET MEAD

Government Guide Individual Institution Movement Passion Problem Social
The ability to learn is older as it is also more widespread than is the ability to teach.
MARGARET MEAD

Ability Learning Old Teaching
Pigs and cows and chickens and people are all competing for grain.
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Animal Competition People
We – mankind – stand at the center of an evolutionary crisis, with a new evolutionary device – our consciousness of the crisis – as our unique contribution.
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Consciousness Crisis Evolution Kind Man Ourselves Unique
The people of one nation alone cannot save their own children; each holds the responsibility for the others’ children.
MARGARET MEAD

Alone Children Nation People Responsibility Save
The problem with America today is that too many people know too much about not enough.
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Enough Knowledge Known People Problem
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.
MARGARET MEAD

Enough Intelligence Oneself State Understand
I learned the value of hard work by working hard.
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Hard Work Learning Myself Value
I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.
MARGARET MEAD

Admit Human Measurement Personal Success
Never underestimate the ability of a small group of committed individuals to change the world.
MARGARET MEAD

Ability Change Commitment Group Inspirational Small World
People are still encouraged to marry as if they could count on marriage being for life, and at the same time they are absorbing a knowledge of the great frequency of divorce.
MARGARET MEAD

Count Divorce Encouragement Knowledge Marriage People
Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not to be women.
MARGARET MEAD

Children Education Society Teaching Woman
If the future is to remain open and free, we need people who can tolerate the unknown, who will not need the support of completely worked out systems or traditional blueprints from the past.
MARGARET MEAD

Freedom Future Open Past People Support System Traditional Unknown

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