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.
MARGARET MEADEarth 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.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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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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Manners, really good ones, make it possible to live with almost anyone, gracefully and pleasantly.
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We will be a better country when each religious group can trust its members to obey the dictates of their own religious faith without assistance from the legal structure of the country.
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We grow up never questioning that which is unquestioned around us.
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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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Children not only have to learn what their parents learned in school, but also have to learn how to learn. This has to be recognized as a new problem which is only partly solved.
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The time has come, I think, when we must recognize bisexuality as a normal form of human behavior.
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I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don’t agree with or like.
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There is no more creative force in the world than the menopausal woman with zest.
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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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The pains of childbirth were altogether different from the enveloping effects of other kinds of pain. These were pains one could follow with one’s mind.
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Pigs and cows and chickens and people are all competing for grain.
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You know you love someone when you cannot put into words how they make you feel.
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We won’t have a society if we destroy the environment.
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Even though the ship may go down, the journey goes on.
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