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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.

Margaret Mead

Warfare is just an invention, older and more widespread than the jury system, but none the less an invention.
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Invention Old System War
We grow up never questioning that which is unquestioned around us.
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Curiosity Growth Philosophy Question
There is no more creative force in the world than the menopausal woman with zest.
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Creative Force Woman Zeal
An ideal culture is one that makes a place for every human gift.
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Culture Gift Human Ideal Place
Pigs and cows and chickens and people are all competing for grain.
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Animal Competition People
The negative cautions of science are never popular.
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Caution Negative Popular Science
It used to be when we said, ”til death do us part,’ death parted us pretty soon. That’s why marriages used to last forever. Everybody was dead.
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Death Forever Marriage Ourselves
Never ever depend on governments or institutions to solve any major problems. All social change comes from the passion of individuals.
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Change Government Institution Passion Problem Social Solution
We have nowhere else to go, this is all we have.
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Journey Path Present Time
We end up with the contradictory picture of a society that appears to throw its doors wide open to women, but translates her every step towards success as having been damaging.
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Appearance End Open Photograph Translation Woman
Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.
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Competition Relationship Sister Strong
Be who you really are, do what you want to do, in order to have what you really want.
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Order Yourself
I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.
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Believe Enough Growth Myself People Wisdom
Our humanity rests upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are infinitely fragile and never directly inherited.
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Behavior Direct Humanity Inheritance Learning Series
I learned the value of hard work by working hard.
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Hard Work Learning Myself Value
Having two bathrooms ruined the capacity to co-operate.
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Capacity Corporate Ruin

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