[Partly as a consequence of male authority] prestige value always attaches to the activities of men.
MARGARET MEADThe assumption that men and woman are essentially alike in all respects, or even in the most important ones, is a damaging one, as damaging as the assumption that they are different in ways in which they aren’t different, perhaps more so.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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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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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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It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary. to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age.
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Grandparents are given a second chance to enjoy parenthood with fewer of its tribulations and anxieties.
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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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Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being.
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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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We must have a place where children can have a whole group of adults they can trust.
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Manners, really good ones, make it possible to live with almost anyone, gracefully and pleasantly.
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What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things.
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Don’t depend on governments or corporations to fix problems. Social revolutions are led by passionate individuals and that’s what makes the difference.
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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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I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce.
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Between friends there is no bribery. The relationship of friends is intrinsically fair and equal. Neither feels stronger or more clever or more beautiful than the other.
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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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Even though the ship may go down, the journey goes on.
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It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.
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You know you love someone when you cannot put into words how they make you feel.
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Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents.
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Human beings seem to hold on more tenaciously to a cultural identity that is learned through suffering than to one that has been acquired through pleasure and delight.
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Our first and most pressing problem is how to do away with warfare as a method of solving conflicts between national groups within a society who have different views about how the society is to run.
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I learned the value of hard work by working hard.
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Jealousy is not a barometer by which the depth of love can be read. It merely records the degree of the lover’s insecurity.
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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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Young people are moving away from feeling guilty about sleeping with somebody to feeling guilty if they are *not* sleeping with someone.
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Women have an important contribution to make.
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