Human nature is almost unbelievably malleable, responding accurately and contrastingly to contrasting cultural conditions.
MARGARET MEADThere is no hierarchy of values by which one culture has the right to insist on all its own values and deny those of another.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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One characteristic of Americans is that they have no toleration at all of anybody putting up with anything. We believe that whatever is going wrong ought to be fixed.
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Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.
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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.
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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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We are living beyond our means. As a people we have developed a life-style that is draining the earth of its priceless and irreplaceable resources without regard for the future of our children and people all around the world.
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In almost any society I think, the quality of the nonconformists is likely to be just as good as and no better than that of the conformists.
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WE MUST DEVISE A SYSTEM IN WHICH PEACE IS MORE REWARDING THAN WAR.
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A small group of thoughtful people could change the world.
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Loving you is just like breathing, as effortless, and as lovely.
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Of course we need children! Adults need children in their lives to listen to and care for, to keep their imagination fresh and their hearts young and to make the future a reality for which they are willing to work.
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We have nowhere else to go, this is all we have.
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An education not founded on Art will never succeed.
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Be who you really are, do what you want to do, in order to have what you really want.
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It is easier to change a man’s religion than to change his diet.
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Sooner or later I’m going to die, but I’m not going to retire.
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