If a fish were an anthropologist, the last thing it would discover would be water.
MARGARET MEADI was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly.
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Monogamous heterosexual love is probably one of the most difficult, complex and demanding of human relationships.
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I suddenly realized that through no act of my own I had become biologically related to a new human being.
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Through a grandmother’s voice and hands the end of life is known at the beginning.
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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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My grandmother wanted me to get a good education, so she kept me as far away from schools as possible.
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Women have an important contribution to make.
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The time has come, I think, when we must recognize bisexuality as a normal form of human behavior.
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Never underestimate the ability of a small group of committed individuals to change the world.
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[Partly as a consequence of male authority] prestige value always attaches to the activities of men.
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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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I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.
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You can no longer save your family, tribe or nation. You can only save the whole world.
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It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.
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Motherhood is a biological fact, while fatherhood is a social invention.
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