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" I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had. "
Margaret Mead
People
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" Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive. "
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" I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings. "
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" 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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" We have nowhere else to go... this is all we have. "
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" Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must have the opportunity to learn that within each range, some people are loathsome and some are delightful. "
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" It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good. "
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" Instead of needing lots of children, we need high-quality children. "
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" If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place. "
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" A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. "
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" Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible. "
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" Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man. "
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" And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we began is now its own. "
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" Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it right the first time. "
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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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" For the very first time the young are seeing history being made before it is censored by their elders. "
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" The way to do fieldwork is never to come up for air until it is all over. "
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" We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no one knew yesterday, and prepare our schools for what no one knows yet. "
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" I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like. "
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