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Man's role is uncertain, undefined, and perhaps unnecessary.

~Margaret Mead

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

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I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.

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Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must have the opportunity to learn that within each range, some people are loathsome and some are delightful.

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Our humanity rests upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are infinitely fragile and never directly inherited.

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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.

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We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no one knew yesterday, and prepare our schools for what no one knows yet.

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For the very first time the young are seeing history being made before it is censored by their elders.

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

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Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it right the first time.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: December 16th, 1901

Died: November 15th, 1978

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