It is easier to change a man’s religion than to change his diet.
MARGARET MEADThe atmosphere is the key symbol of global interdependence.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don’t come home at night.
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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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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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If one cannot state a matter clearly enough so that even an intelligent twelve-year-old can understand it, one should remain within the cloistered walls of the university and laboratory until one gets a better grasp of one’s subject matter.
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Monogamous heterosexual love is probably one of the most difficult, complex and demanding of human relationships.
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Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
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There is no hierarchy of values by which one culture has the right to insist on all its own values and deny those of another.
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Where we choose to put our attention changes our brain, which in time can change how we see and interact with the world.
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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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Once any group in society stands in a relatively deprived position in relation to other groups, it is genuinely deprived.
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It was not until we saw the picture of the earth, from the moon, that we realized how small and how helpless this planet is – something that we must hold in our arms and care for.
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Men have always been afraid that women could get along without them.
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There is no more creative force in the world than the menopausal woman with zest.
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We must have a place where children can have a whole group of adults they can trust.
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I think rigid heterosexuality is a perversion of nature.
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The atmosphere is the key symbol of global interdependence.
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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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What the world needs is not romantic lovers who are sufficient unto themselves, but husbands and wives who live in communities, relate to other people, carry on useful work and willingly give time and attention to their children.
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And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we began is now its own.
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An ideal culture is one that makes a place for every human gift.
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We won’t have a society if we destroy the environment.
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Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.
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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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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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A small group of thoughtful people could change the world.
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Having two bathrooms ruined the capacity to co-operate.
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