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.

Quote by Margaret Mead

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Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must...

Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I...

I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I...

Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all...

Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all...

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a...

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a...

Sisters is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are...

Sisters is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are...

Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive.

Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive.

We won't have a society if we destroy the environment

We won't have a society if we destroy the environment

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....

If I were to be taken hostage, I would not plead for release nor would...

If I were to be taken hostage, I would not plead for release nor would...

One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when...

One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when...

Our humanity rests upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are...

Our humanity rests upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are...

Sooner or later I'm going to die, but I'm not going to retire.

Sooner or later I'm going to die, but I'm not going to retire.

Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it...

Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it...

A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of...

A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of...

Art may imitate life, but life imitates TV.

Art may imitate life, but life imitates TV.