Margaret Mead
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9 quotes we’ve traced to Margaret Mead
“As the traveler who has once been from home is wiser than he who has never left his own doorstep, so a knowledge of one other culture should sharpen our ability to scrutinize more steadily, to appreciate more lovingly, our own”
Verified“If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place”
Verified“Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man”
Attributed“I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce”
Attributed“It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age”
Attributed“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has”
Attributed“One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don't come home at night”
Attributed“Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to be as mediocre as possible”
Attributed“What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things”
DisputedNot actually Margaret Mead
Often misattributed to Margaret Mead
Famous lines widely pinned on Margaret Mead that we’ve traced to someone else.
“Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else”
actually Jim Wright
“The first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a femur that had been broken and then healed”
actually Paul Brand
“What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things”
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