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It is easier to change a man’s religion than to change his diet.

Margaret Mead

If the future is to remain open and free, we need people who can tolerate the unknown, who will not need the support of completely worked out systems or traditional blueprints from the past.
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Freedom Future Open Past People Support System Traditional Unknown
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
The time has come, I think, when we must recognize bisexuality as a normal form of human behavior.
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Behaviour Form Human Thinking Time
Men have always been afraid that women could get along without them.
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Afraid Along Man Woman
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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Children Evidence Fact Natural Reason Treat Woman
Instead 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.
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Children Delight Difference Opportunity Present
I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.
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Admit Human Measurement Personal Success
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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Change Citizenship Doubt Small Thinking
There is no lonelier person than the one who lives with a spouse with whom he or she cannot communicate.
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Communication Himself Lonely Person
Motherhood is a biological fact, while fatherhood is a social invention.
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Fact Family Invention Mom Social
in all cultures, human beings – in order to be human – must understand the nonhuman.
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Culture Human Order Understand
You know you love someone when you cannot put into words how they make you feel.
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Feeling Known Love Word Yourself
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
We won’t have a society if we destroy the environment.
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Destroy Environment Society
There are now no elders who know more than the young themselves about what the young are experiencing.
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Elder Experience Young
Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it right the first time.
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Life Philosophy Right Sarcasm Time
Grandparents are given a second chance to enjoy parenthood with fewer of its tribulations and anxieties.
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Anxiety Chance Enjoyment Parent
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
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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Creation Home Hustle Learning Place Yourself
Sooner or later I’m going to die, but I’m not going to retire.
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Death Myself Retirement
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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Belief Future Hands Problem Technology War
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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Attention Carry Children Community Husband Lover Need Romantic Time Willing World
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
Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents.
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Accident Biology Father Necessary Social
A small group of thoughtful people could change the world.
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Change People Small Thinking World
WE MUST DEVISE A SYSTEM IN WHICH PEACE IS MORE REWARDING THAN WAR.
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Peace Reward System War
What is new is not bisexuality, but rather the widening of our awareness and acceptance of human capacities for sexual love.
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Awareness Capability Human Love Sexual Wide

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