Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.
MARGARET MEADInstead 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.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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Even though the ship may go down, the journey goes on.
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I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.
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I learned the value of hard work by working hard.
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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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The most intractable problem today is not pollution or technology or war; but the lack of belief that the future is very much in the hands of the individual.
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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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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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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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What the world needs is not romantic lovers who are sufficient unto themselves, but husbands and wives who live in communities, relate to other people, carry on useful work and willingly give time and attention to their children.
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What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things.
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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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Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not to be women.
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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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No country that permits firearms to be widely and randomly distributed among its population – especially firearms that are capable of wounding and killing human beings – can expect to escape violence, and a great deal of violence.
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For the very first time the young are seeing history being made before it is censored by their elders.
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