A small group of thoughtful people could change the world.
MARGARET MEADIt 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.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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The anonymity of the city is one of its strengths as well as – carried too far – one of its weaknesses.
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Motherhood is a biological fact, while fatherhood is a social invention.
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You just have to learn not to care about the dusty mites under the beds.
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Sometimes, instead of helping people to advance, a discovery or an invention holds them back.
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Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents.
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If a fish were an anthropologist, the last thing it would discover would be water.
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Sooner or later I’m going to die, but I’m not going to retire.
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Having two bathrooms ruined the capacity to co-operate.
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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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We grow up never questioning that which is unquestioned around us.
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Loving you is just like breathing, as effortless, and as lovely.
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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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Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must have the opportunity to learn that within each range, some people are loathsome and some are delightful.
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Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not to be women.
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We won’t have a society if we destroy the environment.
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