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Human nature is almost unbelievably malleable, responding accurately and contrastingly to contrasting cultural conditions.

Margaret Mead

Parents feel like immigrants in the country of the young.
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Country Feeling Parents Young
It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary. to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age.
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Cruel Fake Learning Old Age Play Regret Work
For the human species to evolve, the conversation must deepen.
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Conversation Deep Evolution Human Species
Having two bathrooms ruined the capacity to co-operate.
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Capacity Corporate Ruin
We grow up never questioning that which is unquestioned around us.
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Curiosity Growth Philosophy Question
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
Young people are moving away from feeling guilty about sleeping with somebody to feeling guilty if they are *not* sleeping with someone.
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Guilty People Sleep Young
Never ever depend on governments or institutions to solve any major problems. All social change comes from the passion of individuals.
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Change Government Institution Passion Problem Social Solution
There is no greater power in the world than the zest of a postmenopausal woman.
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Greatness Power Woman World
Even though the ship may go down, the journey goes on.
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Journey Ship Wreck
Contentment can be bought at a price that one can not possibly pay.
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Pay Possible Price
Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.
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Competition Relationship Sister Strong
Women have an important contribution to make.
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Contribution Important Value Woman Women Empowerment
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
The Samoan puts the burden of amatory success upon the man and believes that women need more initiating, more time for maturing of sexual feeling. A man who fails to satisfy a woman is looked upon as a clumsy, inept blunderer.
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Believe Burden Satisfaction Sexuality Success Woman
Earth Day is the first holy day…and is devoted to the harmony of nature… The celebration offends no historical calendar, yet it transcends them all.
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Calendar Day Harmony History Holy Nature Transcend

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