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What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things.

Margaret Mead

There is no lonelier person than the one who lives with a spouse with whom he or she cannot communicate.
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Communication Himself Lonely Person
Throughout history, females have picked providers for males. Males pick anything.
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Choice Female History Male
We are at a point in history where a proper attention to space, and especially near space, may be absolutely crucial in bringing the world together.
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Attention History Point Proper Space Togetherness World
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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Children Community Future Growth Knowledge Old Past People
we 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.
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Civilization Life People Realize Way
The anonymity of the city is one of its strengths as well as – carried too far – one of its weaknesses.
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Anonymous Carry Strength Weakness
It was not until we saw the picture of the earth, from the moon, that we realized how small and how helpless this planet is – something that we must hold in our arms and care for.
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Care Earth Moon Ourselves Photograph Planet Realize
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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Freedom Future Open Past People Support System Traditional Unknown
It is easier to change a man’s religion than to change his diet.
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Change Diet Himself Man Religion
Our first and most pressing problem is how to do away with warfare as a method of solving conflicts between national groups within a society who have different views about how the society is to run.
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Different First National Press Run Society View
We grow up never questioning that which is unquestioned around us.
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Curiosity Growth Philosophy Question
The atmosphere is the key symbol of global interdependence.
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Atmosphere Global Interdependence Key Symbol
I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.
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Admit Human Measurement Personal Success
Sometimes, instead of helping people to advance, a discovery or an invention holds them back.
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Help Invention People Time
Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.
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Children Ideas Teaching Thinking
I think rigid heterosexuality is a perversion of nature.
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Nature Pervert Thinking

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