It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.
MARGARET MEADEvery time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.
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When a person is born we rejoice, and when they’re married we jubilate, but when they die we try to pretend nothing has happened.
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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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What is new is not bisexuality, but rather the widening of our awareness and acceptance of human capacities for sexual love.
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I learned the value of hard work by working hard.
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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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There are now no elders who know more than the young themselves about what the young are experiencing.
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My grandmother wanted me to get a good education, so she kept me as far away from schools as possible.
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Throughout history, females have picked providers for males. Males pick anything.
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The atmosphere is the key symbol of global interdependence.
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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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For the human species to evolve, the conversation must deepen.
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I have spent most of my life studying the lives of other peoples – faraway peoples – so that Americans might better understand themselves.
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We grow up never questioning that which is unquestioned around us.
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Never depend upon institutions or government to solve any problem. All social movements are founded by, guided by, motivated and seen through by the passion of individuals.
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