Having two bathrooms ruined the capacity to co-operate.

Quote by Margaret Mead

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I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and...

Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and...

The natives are superficially agreeable, but they go in for cannibalism, headhunting, infanticide, incest, avoidance...

The natives are superficially agreeable, but they go in for cannibalism, headhunting, infanticide, incest, avoidance...

It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into...

It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into...

No matter how many communes anybody invents, the family always creeps back

No matter how many communes anybody invents, the family always creeps back

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

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

The pains of childbirth were altogether different from the enveloping effects of other kinds of...

The pains of childbirth were altogether different from the enveloping effects of other kinds of...

And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we...

And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we...

The pains of childbirth were altogether different from the enveloping effects of other kinds of...

The pains of childbirth were altogether different from the enveloping effects of other kinds of...

The institution of marriage in all societies is a pattern within which the strains put...

The institution of marriage in all societies is a pattern within which the strains put...

Man's role is uncertain, undefined, and perhaps unnecessary.

Man's role is uncertain, undefined, and perhaps unnecessary.

Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it...

Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed...

Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute....

Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute....

As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old,...

As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old,...

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

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

Much of the ill-tempered railing against women that has characterized the popular writing of the...

Much of the ill-tempered railing against women that has characterized the popular writing of the...

We must recognize that beneath the superficial classifications of sex and race the same potentialities...

We must recognize that beneath the superficial classifications of sex and race the same potentialities...

It's not what I do, but the way I do it. It's not what I...

It's not what I do, but the way I do it. It's not what I...

What we aspire to be is more than what we are yet less than what...

What we aspire to be is more than what we are yet less than what...