Never underestimate the ability of a small group of committed individuals to change the world.
MARGARET MEADOne of the most dangerous things that can happen to a child is to kill or torture an animal and get away with it.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things.
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I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don’t agree with or like.
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If a fish were an anthropologist, the last thing it would discover would be water.
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Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.
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The way in which each human infant is transformed into the finished adult, into the complicated individual version of his city and his century is one of the most fascinating studies open to the curious minded.
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Never ever depend on governments or institutions to solve any major problems. All social change comes from the passion of individuals.
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My grandmother wanted me to get a good education, so she kept me as far away from schools as possible.
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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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I learned the value of hard work by working hard.
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I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.
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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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Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.
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I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce.
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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.
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WE MUST DEVISE A SYSTEM IN WHICH PEACE IS MORE REWARDING THAN WAR.
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