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We need every human gift and cannot afford to neglect any gift because of artificial barriers of sex or race or class or national origin.

Margaret Mead

we came to realize that a civilization which rode roughshod over the way of life of other peoples was incorporating evil in its own way of life.
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Civilization Life People Realize Way
To demand that another love what one loves is tyranny enough, but to demand that another hate what one hates, is even worse.
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Demand Enough Hate Love Worst
Monogamous heterosexual love is probably one of the most difficult, complex and demanding of human relationships.
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Difficult Human Love Oneself Relationship
We know of no culture that has said, articulately, that there is no difference between men and women except in the way they contribute to the creation of the next generation.
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Contribute Creation Culture Difference Generation Man Woman
The ability to learn is older as it is also more widespread than is the ability to teach.
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Ability Learning Old Teaching
I learned the value of hard work by working hard.
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Hard Work Learning Myself Value
We must recognize that beneath the superficial classifications of sex and race the same potentialities exist, recurring generation after generation, only to perish because society has no place for them.
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Classification Existence Perish Potential Race Recognition Sex
The atmosphere is the key symbol of global interdependence.
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Atmosphere Global Interdependence Key Symbol
Throughout history, females have picked providers for males. Males pick anything.
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Choice Female History Male
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
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
You just have to learn not to care about the dusty mites under the beds.
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Bed Care Learning Yourself
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
Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn’t burn up any fossil fuel, doesn’t pollute. Neither does song, neither does love, neither does the dance.
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Burn Dance Energy Love Pollution Prayer
Blackberry winter, the time when the hoarforst lies on the blackberry blossoms; without this frost the berries will not set. It is the forerunner of a rich harvest.
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Harvest Lying Rich Time Winter
One characteristic of Americans is that they have no toleration at all of anybody putting up with anything. We believe that whatever is going wrong ought to be fixed.
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Believe Character Fix Tolerance Wrong

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