Margaret Mead Quotes

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Born: December 16, 1901

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Margaret Mead Quotes (9)

"Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents."

Margaret Mead
Topic: Dad

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."

Margaret Mead
Topic: Environmental

"Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship."

Margaret Mead
Topic: Family

"Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else."

Margaret Mead
Topic: Funny

"One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don't come home at night."

Margaret Mead
Topic: Home

"I learned the value of hard work by working hard."

Margaret Mead
Topic: Learning

"I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like."

Margaret Mead
Topic: Respect

"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."

Margaret Mead
Topic: Science

"The labor of women in the house, certainly, enables men to produce more wealth than they otherwise could; and in this way women are economic factors in society. But so are horses."

Margaret Mead
Topic: Women
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