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I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.

Margaret Mead

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
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
Pigs and cows and chickens and people are all competing for grain.
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Animal Competition People
An education not founded on Art will never succeed.
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Education Success Willing
If a fish were an anthropologist, the last thing it would discover would be water.
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Discover Philosophy Water
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
Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.
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Man Mediocre Possible Woman
With the exception of the few cases to be discussed in the next chapter, adolescence represented no period of crisis or stress, but was instead an orderly developing of a set of slowly maturing interests and activities.
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Activity Crisis Development Discussion Exception Interest Mature Representation Stress
Human nature is almost unbelievably malleable, responding accurately and contrastingly to contrasting cultural conditions.
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Condition Cultural Human Nature Respond
There is no greater power in the world than the zest of a postmenopausal woman.
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Greatness Power Woman World
Even though the ship may go down, the journey goes on.
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Journey Ship Wreck
‎ 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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Born Death Marriage Person Pretend Try
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
A woman, even a brilliant woman, must have two qualities in order to fulfill her promise: more energy than mere mortals, and the ability to outwit her culture.
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Ability Brilliant Culture Fulfill Order Promise Quality Woman
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
The solution to adult problems tomorrow depends on large measure upon how our children grow up today.
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Adult Children Grow Measurement Problem Solution

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