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The anonymity of the city is one of its strengths as well as – carried too far – one of its weaknesses.

Margaret Mead

In Bali life is a rhythmic, patterned unreality of pleasant, significant movement, centered in one’s own body to which all emotions long ago withdrew.
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Body Emotion Movement Oneself Pattern Pleasant
For the very first time the young are seeing history being made before it is censored by their elders.
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Elder History See Time Young
An ideal culture is one that makes a place for every human gift.
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Culture Gift Human Ideal Place
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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Change Government Institution Passion Problem Social Solution
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
The negative cautions of science are never popular.
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Caution Negative Popular Science
Motherhood is a biological fact, while fatherhood is a social invention.
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Fact Family Invention Mom Social
There is no more creative force in the world than the menopausal woman with zest.
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Creative Force Woman Zeal
There is no evidence that suggests women are naturally better at caring for children… with the fact of child-bearing out of the centre of attention, there is even more reason for treating girls first as human beings, then as women.
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Children Evidence Fact Natural Reason Treat Woman
Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.
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Man Mediocre Possible Woman
One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don’t come home at night.
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Home Human Need Old Wonder Yourself
It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.
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Acceptance Evil Goodness Necessary Temporary
Through a grandmother’s voice and hands the end of life is known at the beginning.
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Beginning End Hands Life Voice
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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Government Guide Individual Institution Movement Passion Problem Social
It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly.
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Behavior Coward Ethics Open Question
There are now no elders who know more than the young themselves about what the young are experiencing.
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Elder Experience Young

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