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We know of no culture that has said, articulately, that there is no difference between men and women except in the way they contribute to the creation of the next generation.

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
Never underestimate the ability of a small group of committed individuals to change the world.
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Ability Change Commitment Group Inspirational Small World
Don’t depend on governments or corporations to fix problems. Social revolutions are led by passionate individuals and that’s what makes the difference.
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Corporation Difference Government Passionate Problem
You know you love someone when you cannot put into words how they make you feel.
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Feeling Known Love Word Yourself
We grow up never questioning that which is unquestioned around us.
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Curiosity Growth Philosophy Question
Parents feel like immigrants in the country of the young.
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Country Feeling Parents Young
To demand that another love what one loves is tyranny enough, but to demand that another hate what one hates, is even worse.
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Demand Enough Hate Love Worst
Once any group in society stands in a relatively deprived position in relation to other groups, it is genuinely deprived.
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Genuine Group Position Relation Society
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
And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we began is now its own.
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Beginning Born Compel Humility Struggle
I think rigid heterosexuality is a perversion of nature.
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Nature Pervert Thinking
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
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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Attention Carry Children Community Husband Lover Need Romantic Time Willing World
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
Of course we need children! Adults need children in their lives to listen to and care for, to keep their imagination fresh and their hearts young and to make the future a reality for which they are willing to work.
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Children Future Imagination Listening Need Reality Willing Work
Loving you is just like breathing, as effortless, and as lovely.
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Breathe Effort Love

We know of no culture that has said, articulately, that there is no difference between men and women except in the way they contribute to the creation of the next generation.

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We know of no culture that has said, articulately, that there is no difference between men and women except in the way they contribute to the creation of the next generation.

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