We have nowhere else to go, this is all we have.
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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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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Our first and most pressing problem is how to do away with warfare as a method of solving conflicts between national groups within a society who have different views about how the society is to run.
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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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The negative cautions of science are never popular.
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My grandmother wanted me to get a good education, so she kept me as far away from schools as possible.
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Manners, really good ones, make it possible to live with almost anyone, gracefully and pleasantly.
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Jealousy is not a barometer by which the depth of love can be read. It merely records the degree of the lover’s insecurity.
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The anonymity of the city is one of its strengths as well as – carried too far – one of its weaknesses.
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I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.
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There is no more creative force in the world than the menopausal woman with zest.
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One characteristic of Americans is that they have no toleration at all of anybody putting up with anything. We believe that whatever is going wrong ought to be fixed.
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There is no greater insight into the future than recognizing when we save our children, we save ourselves
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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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Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being.
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Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.
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