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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.

Margaret Mead

I have spent most of my life studying the lives of other peoples – faraway peoples – so that Americans might better understand themselves.
MARGARET MEAD

Better Life Live People Study Understand
It was not until we saw the picture of the earth, from the moon, that we realized how small and how helpless this planet is – something that we must hold in our arms and care for.
MARGARET MEAD

Care Earth Moon Ourselves Photograph Planet Realize
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
in all cultures, human beings – in order to be human – must understand the nonhuman.
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Culture Human Order Understand
I learned the value of hard work by working hard.
MARGARET MEAD

Hard Work Learning Myself Value
And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we began is now its own.
MARGARET MEAD

Beginning Born Compel Humility Struggle
Warfare is just an invention, older and more widespread than the jury system, but none the less an invention.
MARGARET MEAD

Invention Old System War
Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it right the first time.
MARGARET MEAD

Life Philosophy Right Sarcasm Time
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.
MARGARET MEAD

Harvest Lying Rich Time Winter
Be who you really are, do what you want to do, in order to have what you really want.
MARGARET MEAD

Order Yourself
The need to find meaning is as real as the need for trust and for love, for relations with other human beings.
MARGARET MEAD

Finding Human Meaning Need Reality Relationship Trust
We won’t have a society if we destroy the environment.
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Destroy Environment Society
Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.
MARGARET MEAD

Man Mediocre Possible Woman
Grandparents are given a second chance to enjoy parenthood with fewer of its tribulations and anxieties.
MARGARET MEAD

Anxiety Chance Enjoyment Parent
Jealousy is not a barometer by which the depth of love can be read. It merely records the degree of the lover’s insecurity.
MARGARET MEAD

Insecurity Jealous Love Reading
There is no greater power in the world than the zest of a postmenopausal woman.
MARGARET MEAD

Greatness Power Woman World

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