What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things.

Quote by Margaret Mead

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

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

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...

It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can...

It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can...

We have nowhere else to go... this is all we have.

We have nowhere else to go... this is all we have.

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.

Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not...

Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not...

Because of their age long training in human relations for that is what feminine intuition...

Because of their age long training in human relations for that is what feminine intuition...

I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add...

I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add...

I had no reason to doubt that brains were suitable for a woman. And as...

I had no reason to doubt that brains were suitable for a woman. And as...

It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label...

It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label...

I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual...

I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual...

Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.

Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.

The way to do fieldwork is never to come up for air until it is...

The way to do fieldwork is never to come up for air until it is...

It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label...

It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label...

For the very first time the young are seeing history being made before it is...

For the very first time the young are seeing history being made before it is...

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...

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...

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...

The sun never sets on Government House.

The sun never sets on Government House.

The government must pursue a course of complete neutrality toward religion.

The government must pursue a course of complete neutrality toward religion.