Children not only have to learn what their parents learned in school, but also have to learn how to learn. This has to be recognized as a new problem which is only partly solved.
MARGARET MEADPrayer 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.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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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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Throughout history, females have picked providers for males. Males pick anything.
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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.
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Never depend upon institutions or government to solve any problem. All social movements are founded by, guided by, motivated and seen through by the passion of individuals.
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Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.
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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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Human nature is almost unbelievably malleable, responding accurately and contrastingly to contrasting cultural conditions.
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We end up with the contradictory picture of a society that appears to throw its doors wide open to women, but translates her every step towards success as having been damaging.
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Earth Day is the first holy day…and is devoted to the harmony of nature… The celebration offends no historical calendar, yet it transcends them all.
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I suddenly realized that through no act of my own I had become biologically related to a new human being.
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Having two bathrooms ruined the capacity to co-operate.
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I learned the value of hard work by working hard.
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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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You just have to learn not to care about the dusty mites under the beds.
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The time has come, I think, when we must recognize bisexuality as a normal form of human behavior.
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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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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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For the human species to evolve, the conversation must deepen.
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There is no greater power in the world than the zest of a postmenopausal woman.
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Contentment can be bought at a price that one can not possibly pay.
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Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must have the opportunity to learn that within each range, some people are loathsome and some are delightful.
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Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being.
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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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What is new is not bisexuality, but rather the widening of our awareness and acceptance of human capacities for sexual love.
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One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don’t come home at night.
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