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.
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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We grow up never questioning that which is unquestioned around us.
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If a fish were an anthropologist, the last thing it would discover would be water.
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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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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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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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Never underestimate the ability of a small group of committed individuals to change the world.
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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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Motherhood is a biological fact, while fatherhood is a social invention.
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We need every human gift and cannot afford to neglect any gift because of artificial barriers of sex or race or class or national origin.
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I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce.
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You just have to learn not to care about the dusty mites under the beds.
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If the future is to remain open and free, we need people who can tolerate the unknown, who will not need the support of completely worked out systems or traditional blueprints from the past.
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in all cultures, human beings – in order to be human – must understand the nonhuman.
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Sometimes, instead of helping people to advance, a discovery or an invention holds them back.
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Our humanity rests upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are infinitely fragile and never directly inherited.
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