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The problem with America today is that too many people know too much about not enough.

Margaret Mead

Never ever depend on governments or institutions to solve any major problems. All social change comes from the passion of individuals.
MARGARET MEAD

Change Government Institution Passion Problem Social Solution
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
‎ 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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Born Death Marriage Person Pretend Try
The atmosphere is the key symbol of global interdependence.
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Atmosphere Global Interdependence Key Symbol
I suddenly realized that through no act of my own I had become biologically related to a new human being.
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Act Biology Human Myself Realize
If man has not found ways to deal with environmental problems such as water and air pollution by 1998, it will be too late. The future is not determined and it lies in our own hands.
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Determination Environmental Finding Hands Man Problem Way
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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Behavior Coward Ethics Open Question
Blackberry winter, the time when the hoarforst lies on the blackberry blossoms; without this frost the berries will not set. It is the forerunner of a rich harvest.
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Harvest Lying Rich Time Winter
If a fish were an anthropologist, the last thing it would discover would be water.
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Discover Philosophy Water
It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary. to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age.
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Cruel Fake Learning Old Age Play Regret Work
Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being.
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Access Human Need Order
An ideal culture is one that makes a place for every human gift.
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Culture Gift Human Ideal Place
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
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
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 won’t have a society if we destroy the environment.
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Destroy Environment Society

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