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Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it right the first time.

Margaret Mead

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we’ve put it in an impossible situation.
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Family Impossible Relative Situation Support
Pigs and cows and chickens and people are all competing for grain.
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Animal Competition People
The negative cautions of science are never popular.
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Caution Negative Popular Science
Between friends there is no bribery. The relationship of friends is intrinsically fair and equal. Neither feels stronger or more clever or more beautiful than the other.
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Beautiful Bribe Equality Friendship Relationship
For the human species to evolve, the conversation must deepen.
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Conversation Deep Evolution Human Species
It is easier to change a man’s religion than to change his diet.
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Change Diet Himself Man Religion
The atmosphere is the key symbol of global interdependence.
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Atmosphere Global Interdependence Key Symbol
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
I think rigid heterosexuality is a perversion of nature.
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Nature Pervert Thinking
Today’s children are the first generation to grow up in a world that has the power to destroy itself.
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Children Destroy Generation Growth Power World
Warfare is just an invention, older and more widespread than the jury system, but none the less an invention.
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Invention Old System War
The Samoan puts the burden of amatory success upon the man and believes that women need more initiating, more time for maturing of sexual feeling. A man who fails to satisfy a woman is looked upon as a clumsy, inept blunderer.
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Believe Burden Satisfaction Sexuality Success Woman
I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.
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Believe Enough Growth Myself People Wisdom
Sometimes, instead of helping people to advance, a discovery or an invention holds them back.
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Help Invention People Time
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
Contentment can be bought at a price that one can not possibly pay.
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Pay Possible Price

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