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“Because our civilization is woven of so many diverse strands, the ideas which any one group accepts will be found to contain numerous contradictions.”

Quote by Margaret Mead

Book:Coming of Age in Samoa

Work

Coming of Age in Samoa

Margaret Mead's seminal work delves into the lives of young Samoans, examining their transition to adulthood through cultural practices and societal norms. more

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Margaret Mead was an American cultural anthropologist known for her groundbreaking fieldwork and theoretical contributions. She is renowned for her studies of the Samoan, Arapesh, and Australian Aboriginal peoples, which had a profound impact on the fields of anthropology and sociology. more

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“We must bear in mind the possibility that the greater opportunities open in the twentieth century to women may be quite withdrawn, and that we may return to stricter regimentation of women.”

Mind May Opportunity Greater Century Possibility Return Bears Twentieth Century Regimentation

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“The assumption that men were created equal, with an equal ability to make an effort and win an earthly reward, although denied every day by experience, is maintained every day by our folklore and our daydreams.”

Men Winning Ability Effort Equal Rewards Assumption Denied Daydreaming Folklore

Book:And Keep Your Powder Dry: An Anthropologist Looks at America

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“It is of very doubtful value to enlist the gifts of a woman into fields that have been defined as male; it frightens the men, unsexes the women, and muffles and distorts the contribution women could make.”

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“... some veil between childhood and the present is necessary. If the veil is withdrawn, the artistic imagination sickens and dies, the prophet looks in the mirror with a disillusioned and cynical sneer, the scientist goes fishing.”

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“Living in the modern world, clothed and muffled, forced to convey our sense of our bodies in terms of remote symbols like walking sticks and umbrellas and handbags, it is easy to lose sight of the immediacy of the human body plan.”

World Humans Body Easy Term Loses Plans Modern Walking Sight Sticks Symbols Human Body Modern World Umbrella Immediacy Handbags Walking Sticks

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“Loving you is just like breathing, as effortless, and as lovely.”

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Book:To Cherish the Life of the World: Selected Letters of Margaret Mead

Source: To Cherish the Life of the World: Selected Letters of Margaret Mead

“Life is in one of its smoother phases ... I've no responsibilities in the world except friends and students and cherishing the life of the world -- and the belief that there is enough love to go round.”

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“I am interested in what happens to people who find the whole of life so rewarding that they are able to move through it with the same kind of delight in which a child moves through a game.”

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“Creationism: the theory that Rome was built in a day.”

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“It used to be when we said, ''til death do us part,' death parted us pretty soon. That's why marriages used to last forever. Everybody was dead.”

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Author:Margaret Mead