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Sometimes, instead of helping people to advance, a discovery or an invention holds them back.

Margaret Mead

Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.
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Man Mediocre Possible Woman
Sometimes, instead of helping people to advance, a discovery or an invention holds them back.
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Help Invention People Time
Never underestimate the ability of a small group of committed individuals to change the world.
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Ability Change Commitment Group Inspirational Small World
Women have an important contribution to make.
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Contribution Important Value Woman Women Empowerment
A woman, even a brilliant woman, must have two qualities in order to fulfill her promise: more energy than mere mortals, and the ability to outwit her culture.
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Ability Brilliant Culture Fulfill Order Promise Quality Woman
We know of no culture that has said, articulately, that there is no difference between men and women except in the way they contribute to the creation of the next generation.
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Contribute Creation Culture Difference Generation Man Woman
Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being.
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Access Human Need Order
Through a grandmother’s voice and hands the end of life is known at the beginning.
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Beginning End Hands Life Voice
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
I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.
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Admit Human Measurement Personal Success
we came to realize that a civilization which rode roughshod over the way of life of other peoples was incorporating evil in its own way of life.
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Civilization Life People Realize Way
Men have always been afraid that women could get along without them.
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Afraid Along Man Woman
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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Burn Dance Energy Love Pollution Prayer
The pains of childbirth were altogether different from the enveloping effects of other kinds of pain. These were pains one could follow with one’s mind.
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Childhood Follow Mindset Pain Togetherness
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
Where we choose to put our attention changes our brain, which in time can change how we see and interact with the world.
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Attention Brain Change Choice Ourselves

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