I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce.
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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There is no greater power in the world than the zest of a postmenopausal woman.
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There is no more creative force in the world than the menopausal woman with zest.
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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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in all cultures, human beings – in order to be human – must understand the nonhuman.
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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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You know you love someone when you cannot put into words how they make you feel.
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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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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 was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.
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Warfare is just an invention, older and more widespread than the jury system, but none the less an invention.
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There are now no elders who know more than the young themselves about what the young are experiencing.
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Grandparents are given a second chance to enjoy parenthood with fewer of its tribulations and anxieties.
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A city is a place where there is no need to wait for next week to get the answer to a question, to taste the food of any country, to find new voices to listen to and familiar ones to listen to again.
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Sometimes, instead of helping people to advance, a discovery or an invention holds them back.
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It used to be when we said, ”til death do us part,’ death parted us pretty soon. That’s why marriages used to last forever. Everybody was dead.
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