Having two bathrooms ruined the capacity to co-operate.
MARGARET MEADwe 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.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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Monogamous heterosexual love is probably one of the most difficult, complex and demanding of human relationships.
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You know you love someone when you cannot put into words how they make you feel.
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Never underestimate the ability of a small group of committed individuals to change the world.
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The anonymity of the city is one of its strengths as well as – carried too far – one of its weaknesses.
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No society that feeds its children on tales of successful violence can expect them not to believe that violence in the end is rewarded.
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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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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.
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One of the most dangerous things that can happen to a child is to kill or torture an animal and get away with it.
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in all cultures, human beings – in order to be human – must understand the nonhuman.
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Our humanity rests upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are infinitely fragile and never directly inherited.
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Men have always been afraid that women could get along without them.
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I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.
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You can never have a relationship with someone whose smell you don’t like.
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WE MUST DEVISE A SYSTEM IN WHICH PEACE IS MORE REWARDING THAN WAR.
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Warfare is just an invention, older and more widespread than the jury system, but none the less an invention.
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