There is no greater insight into the future than recognizing when we save our children, we save ourselves
MARGARET MEADEveryone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary. to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age.
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Earth Day is the first holy day…and is devoted to the harmony of nature… The celebration offends no historical calendar, yet it transcends them all.
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The way in which each human infant is transformed into the finished adult, into the complicated individual version of his city and his century is one of the most fascinating studies open to the curious minded.
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Monogamous heterosexual love is probably one of the most difficult, complex and demanding of human relationships.
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You just have to learn not to care about the dusty mites under the beds.
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We must recognize that beneath the superficial classifications of sex and race the same potentialities exist, recurring generation after generation, only to perish because society has no place for them.
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There are now no elders who know more than the young themselves about what the young are experiencing.
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I learned the value of hard work by working hard.
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There is no more creative force in the world than the menopausal woman with zest.
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It is easier to change a man’s religion than to change his diet.
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Sometimes, instead of helping people to advance, a discovery or an invention holds them back.
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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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Loving you is just like breathing, as effortless, and as lovely.
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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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Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.
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