Margaret Mead

And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we began is now its own. ↗

— Margaret Mead

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For the very first time the young are seeing history being made before it is censored by their elders. ↗

— Margaret Mead

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I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce. ↗

— Margaret Mead

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Instead of needing lots of children, we need high-quality children. ↗

— Margaret Mead

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Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and wonder that which one would not have been able to guess. ↗

— Margaret Mead

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The solution to adult problems tomorrow depends on large measure upon how our children grow up today. ↗

— Margaret Mead

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Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible. ↗

— Margaret Mead

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It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly. ↗

— Margaret Mead

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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. ↗

— Margaret Mead

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Having two bathrooms ruined the capacity to co-operate. ↗

— Margaret Mead

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