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I have spent most of my life studying the lives of other peoples – faraway peoples – so that Americans might better understand themselves.

Margaret Mead

It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.
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Acceptance Evil Goodness Necessary Temporary
Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
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Healing Self Love Unique Yourself
Sooner or later I’m going to die, but I’m not going to retire.
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Death Myself Retirement
It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly.
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Behavior Coward Ethics Open Question
You just have to learn not to care about the dusty mites under the beds.
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Bed Care Learning Yourself
We are at a point in history where a proper attention to space, and especially near space, may be absolutely crucial in bringing the world together.
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Attention History Point Proper Space Togetherness World
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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Ability Brilliant Culture Fulfill Order Promise Quality Woman
Women have an important contribution to make.
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Contribution Important Value Woman Women Empowerment
As the traveler who has once been from home is wiser than he who has never left his own doorstep, so a knowledge of one other culture should sharpen our ability to scrutinize more steadily, to appreciate more lovingly, our own.
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Appreciation Culture Home Knowledge Travel Wisdom
An ideal culture is one that makes a place for every human gift.
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Culture Gift Human Ideal Place
In Bali life is a rhythmic, patterned unreality of pleasant, significant movement, centered in one’s own body to which all emotions long ago withdrew.
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Body Emotion Movement Oneself Pattern Pleasant
Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not to be women.
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Children Education Society Teaching Woman
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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Government Guide Individual Institution Movement Passion Problem Social
Sometimes, instead of helping people to advance, a discovery or an invention holds them back.
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Help Invention People Time
Even though the ship may go down, the journey goes on.
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Journey Ship Wreck
Never ever depend on governments or institutions to solve any major problems. All social change comes from the passion of individuals.
MARGARET MEAD

Change Government Institution Passion Problem Social Solution

I have spent most of my life studying the lives of other peoples – faraway peoples – so that Americans might better understand themselves.

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