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.
MARGARET MEADWe 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.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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An ideal culture is one that makes a place for every human gift.
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I learned the value of hard work by working hard.
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Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
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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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Pigs and cows and chickens and people are all competing for grain.
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You know you love someone when you cannot put into words how they make you feel.
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We must have a place where children can have a whole group of adults they can trust.
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The assumption that men and woman are essentially alike in all respects, or even in the most important ones, is a damaging one, as damaging as the assumption that they are different in ways in which they aren’t different, perhaps more so.
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Between friends there is no bribery. The relationship of friends is intrinsically fair and equal. Neither feels stronger or more clever or more beautiful than the other.
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Manners, really good ones, make it possible to live with almost anyone, gracefully and pleasantly.
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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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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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We will be a better country when each religious group can trust its members to obey the dictates of their own religious faith without assistance from the legal structure of the country.
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There is no evidence that suggests women are naturally better at caring for children… with the fact of child-bearing out of the centre of attention, there is even more reason for treating girls first as human beings, then as women.
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What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things.
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