There is no more creative force in the world than the menopausal woman with zest.
MARGARET MEADDon’t depend on governments or corporations to fix problems. Social revolutions are led by passionate individuals and that’s what makes the difference.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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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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The anonymity of the city is one of its strengths as well as – carried too far – one of its weaknesses.
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A small group of thoughtful people could change the world.
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Injustice experienced in the flesh, in deeply wounded flesh, is the stuff out of which change explodes.
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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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Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
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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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It is easier to change a man’s religion than to change his diet.
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I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.
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There are now no elders who know more than the young themselves about what the young are experiencing.
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There is no greater insight into the future than recognizing when we save our children, we save ourselves
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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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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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Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.
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No country that permits firearms to be widely and randomly distributed among its population – especially firearms that are capable of wounding and killing human beings – can expect to escape violence, and a great deal of violence.
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