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Parents feel like immigrants in the country of the young.

Margaret Mead

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.
MARGARET MEAD

Government Guide Individual Institution Movement Passion Problem Social
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.
MARGARET MEAD

Ability Brilliant Culture Fulfill Order Promise Quality Woman
We are living beyond our means. As a people we have developed a life-style that is draining the earth of its priceless and irreplaceable resources without regard for the future of our children and people all around the world.
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Beyond Children Development Life Style Live Ourselves People Resource
An education not founded on Art will never succeed.
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Education Success Willing
The pains of childbirth were altogether different from the enveloping effects of other kinds of pain. These were pains one could follow with one’s mind.
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Childhood Follow Mindset Pain Togetherness
The problem with America today is that too many people know too much about not enough.
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Enough Knowledge Known People Problem
Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.
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Man Mediocre Possible Woman
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
For the very first time the young are seeing history being made before it is censored by their elders.
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Elder History See Time Young
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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Animal Children Dangerous Oneself
Jealousy is not a barometer by which the depth of love can be read. It merely records the degree of the lover’s insecurity.
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Insecurity Jealous Love Reading
The atmosphere is the key symbol of global interdependence.
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Atmosphere Global Interdependence Key Symbol
Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not to be women.
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Children Education Society Teaching Woman
I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.
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Accuracy Believe Information World
The anonymity of the city is one of its strengths as well as – carried too far – one of its weaknesses.
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Anonymous Carry Strength Weakness
Contentment can be bought at a price that one can not possibly pay.
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Pay Possible Price

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