Never underestimate the ability of a small group of committed individuals to change the world.
MARGARET MEADThe problem with America today is that too many people know too much about not enough.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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Throughout history, females have picked providers for males. Males pick anything.
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WE MUST DEVISE A SYSTEM IN WHICH PEACE IS MORE REWARDING THAN WAR.
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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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Manners, really good ones, make it possible to live with almost anyone, gracefully and pleasantly.
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Humanity lies in man’s capacity to question the known and imagine the unknown.
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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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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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We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no one knew yesterday, and prepare our schools for what no one knows yet.
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There is no more creative force in the world than the menopausal woman with zest.
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Human nature is almost unbelievably malleable, responding accurately and contrastingly to contrasting cultural conditions.
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We grow up never questioning that which is unquestioned around us.
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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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Home, I learned, can be anywhere you make it. Home is also the place to which you come back again and again.
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Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it right the first time.
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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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Having two bathrooms ruined the capacity to co-operate.
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Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have.
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There is no evidence that suggests women are naturally better at caring for children… with the fact of child-bearing out of the centre of attention, there is even more reason for treating girls first as human beings, then as women.
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We won’t have a society if we destroy the environment.
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You can never have a relationship with someone whose smell you don’t like.
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The negative cautions of science are never popular.
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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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People are still encouraged to marry as if they could count on marriage being for life, and at the same time they are absorbing a knowledge of the great frequency of divorce.
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The problem with America today is that too many people know too much about not enough.
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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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The anonymity of the city is one of its strengths as well as – carried too far – one of its weaknesses.
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