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Even though the ship may go down, the journey goes on.

Margaret Mead

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
We are living beyond our means. As a people we have developed a life-style that is draining the earth of its priceless and irreplaceable resources without regard for the future of our children and people all around the world.
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Beyond Children Development Life Style Live Ourselves People Resource
The anonymity of the city is one of its strengths as well as – carried too far – one of its weaknesses.
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Anonymous Carry Strength Weakness
In almost any society I think, the quality of the nonconformists is likely to be just as good as and no better than that of the conformists.
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Better Goodness Society Thinking
The need to find meaning is as real as the need for trust and for love, for relations with other human beings.
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Finding Human Meaning Need Reality Relationship Trust
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
Injustice experienced in the flesh, in deeply wounded flesh, is the stuff out of which change explodes.
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Change Experience Explode Justice Wound
in all cultures, human beings – in order to be human – must understand the nonhuman.
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Culture Human Order Understand
We must have a place where children can have a whole group of adults they can trust.
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Adult Children Place Trust
I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce.
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Believe Fierce Woman
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
Men have always been afraid that women could get along without them.
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Afraid Along Man Woman
Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being.
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Access Human Need Order
Contentment can be bought at a price that one can not possibly pay.
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Pay Possible Price
Throughout history, females have picked providers for males. Males pick anything.
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Choice Female History Male
There is no more creative force in the world than the menopausal woman with zest.
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Creative Force Woman Zeal

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