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Motherhood is a biological fact, while fatherhood is a social invention.

Margaret Mead

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
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
The way in which each human infant is transformed into the finished adult, into the complicated individual version of his city and his century is one of the most fascinating studies open to the curious minded.
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Adult Complication Curiosity Fascination Human Mindset Transformation Way
We must have a place where children can have a whole group of adults they can trust.
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Adult Children Place Trust
Monogamous heterosexual love is probably one of the most difficult, complex and demanding of human relationships.
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Difficult Human Love Oneself Relationship
We are at a point in history where a proper attention to space, and especially near space, may be absolutely crucial in bringing the world together.
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Attention History Point Proper Space Togetherness World
We need every human gift and cannot afford to neglect any gift because of artificial barriers of sex or race or class or national origin.
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Afford Class Gift Human National Need Neglect Origin Race Sex
People are still encouraged to marry as if they could count on marriage being for life, and at the same time they are absorbing a knowledge of the great frequency of divorce.
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Count Divorce Encouragement Knowledge Marriage People
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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Calendar Day Harmony History Holy Nature Transcend
If the future is to remain open and free, we need people who can tolerate the unknown, who will not need the support of completely worked out systems or traditional blueprints from the past.
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Freedom Future Open Past People Support System Traditional Unknown
Women have an important contribution to make.
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Contribution Important Value Woman Women Empowerment
There is no greater insight into the future than recognizing when we save our children, we save ourselves
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Children Future Greatness Insight Ourselves Save
Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn’t burn up any fossil fuel, doesn’t pollute. Neither does song, neither does love, neither does the dance.
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Burn Dance Energy Love Pollution Prayer
Manners, really good ones, make it possible to live with almost anyone, gracefully and pleasantly.
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Goodness Grace Group Live Pleasant Small
Grandparents are given a second chance to enjoy parenthood with fewer of its tribulations and anxieties.
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Anxiety Chance Enjoyment Parent
In almost any society I think, the quality of the nonconformists is likely to be just as good as and no better than that of the conformists.
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Better Goodness Society Thinking

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