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For the very first time the young are seeing history being made before it is censored by their elders.

Margaret Mead

Human beings seem to hold on more tenaciously to a cultural identity that is learned through suffering than to one that has been acquired through pleasure and delight.
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Culture Delight Hold Human Identity Learning Pleasure
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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Afford Class Gift Human National Need Neglect Origin Race Sex
You can no longer save your family, tribe or nation. You can only save the whole world.
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Family Nation Save Tribe Yourself
Parents feel like immigrants in the country of the young.
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Country Feeling Parents Young
The ability to learn is older as it is also more widespread than is the ability to teach.
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Ability Learning Old Teaching
Don’t depend on governments or corporations to fix problems. Social revolutions are led by passionate individuals and that’s what makes the difference.
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Corporation Difference Government Passionate Problem
Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
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Healing Self Love Unique Yourself
Loving you is just like breathing, as effortless, and as lovely.
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Breathe Effort Love
What is new is not bisexuality, but rather the widening of our awareness and acceptance of human capacities for sexual love.
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Awareness Capability Human Love Sexual Wide
We know of no culture that has said, articulately, that there is no difference between men and women except in the way they contribute to the creation of the next generation.
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Contribute Creation Culture Difference Generation Man Woman
We are living beyond our means. As a people we have developed a life-style that is draining the earth of its priceless and irreplaceable resources without regard for the future of our children and people all around the world.
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Beyond Children Development Life Style Live Ourselves People Resource
Even though the ship may go down, the journey goes on.
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Journey Ship Wreck
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
The problem with America today is that too many people know too much about not enough.
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Enough Knowledge Known People Problem
What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things.
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Different Entire People
An education not founded on Art will never succeed.
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Education Success Willing

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