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.
MARGARET MEADNever underestimate the ability of a small group of committed individuals to change the world.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.
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One of the most dangerous things that can happen to a child is to kill or torture an animal and get away with it.
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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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The assumption that men were created equal, with an equal ability to make an effort and win an earthly reward, although denied every day by experience, is maintained every day by our folklore and our daydreams.
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Loving you is just like breathing, as effortless, and as lovely.
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We won’t have a society if we destroy the environment.
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Parents feel like immigrants in the country of the young.
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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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Sometimes, instead of helping people to advance, a discovery or an invention holds them back.
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There is no lonelier person than the one who lives with a spouse with whom he or she cannot communicate.
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What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things.
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WE MUST DEVISE A SYSTEM IN WHICH PEACE IS MORE REWARDING THAN WAR.
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There is no more creative force in the world than the menopausal woman with zest.
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Home, I learned, can be anywhere you make it. Home is also the place to which you come back again and again.
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Grandparents are given a second chance to enjoy parenthood with fewer of its tribulations and anxieties.
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