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We end up with the contradictory picture of a society that appears to throw its doors wide open to women, but translates her every step towards success as having been damaging.

Margaret Mead

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 believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have.
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Believe Care Change People Power
Throughout history, females have picked providers for males. Males pick anything.
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Choice Female History Male
Sooner or later I’m going to die, but I’m not going to retire.
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Death Myself Retirement
Human nature is almost unbelievably malleable, responding accurately and contrastingly to contrasting cultural conditions.
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Condition Cultural Human Nature Respond
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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Animal Children Dangerous Oneself
Be who you really are, do what you want to do, in order to have what you really want.
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Order Yourself
in all cultures, human beings – in order to be human – must understand the nonhuman.
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Culture Human Order Understand
My grandmother wanted me to get a good education, so she kept me as far away from schools as possible.
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Education Goodness Myself Possible School
Manners, really good ones, make it possible to live with almost anyone, gracefully and pleasantly.
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Goodness Grace Group Live Pleasant Small
Somehow, we have to get older people back close to growing children if we are to restore a sense of community, acquire knowledge of the past, and provide a sense of the future.
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Children Community Future Growth Knowledge Old Past People
There is no more creative force in the world than the menopausal woman with zest.
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Creative Force Woman Zeal
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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Children Future Imagination Listening Need Reality Willing Work
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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Beautiful Bribe Equality Friendship Relationship
It is easier to change a man’s religion than to change his diet.
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Change Diet Himself Man Religion
Having two bathrooms ruined the capacity to co-operate.
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Capacity Corporate Ruin

We end up with the contradictory picture of a society that appears to throw its doors wide open to women, but translates her every step towards success as having been damaging.

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We end up with the contradictory picture of a society that appears to throw its doors wide open to women, but translates her every step towards success as having been damaging.

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