Quote #20
I have spent most of my life studying the lives of other peoples- faraway peoples- so that Americans might better understand themselves.
More from Margaret Mead
- I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like.
- I learned the value of hard work by working hard.
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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.
- I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce.
- I think extreme heterosexuality is a perversion.
- Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive.
- I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.