Where we choose to put our attention changes our brain, which in time can change how we see and interact with the world.
MARGARET MEADwe came to realize that a civilization which rode roughshod over the way of life of other peoples was incorporating evil in its own way of life.
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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Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.
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Human beings seem to hold on more tenaciously to a cultural identity that is learned through suffering than to one that has been acquired through pleasure and delight.
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To demand that another love what one loves is tyranny enough, but to demand that another hate what one hates, is even worse.
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Men have always been afraid that women could get along without them.
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Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.
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Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
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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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Throughout history, females have picked providers for males. Males pick anything.
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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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You know you love someone when you cannot put into words how they make you feel.
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We grow up never questioning that which is unquestioned around us.
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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.
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The assumption that men were created equal, with an equal ability to make an effort and win an earthly reward, although denied every day by experience, is maintained every day by our folklore and our daydreams.
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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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