All Margaret Mead Quotes
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.
Margaret Mead
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The way to do fieldwork is never to come up for air until it is all over.
Margaret Mead
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Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not to be women.
Margaret Mead
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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.
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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Our humanity rests upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are infinitely fragile and never directly inherited.
Margaret Mead
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Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents.
Margaret Mead
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I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.
Margaret Mead
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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.
Margaret Mead
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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.
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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A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead
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