Quote by Margaret Mead
One characteristic of Americans is that they have no tolerance at

One characteristic of Americans is that they have no tolerance at all of anybody putting up with anything. We believe that whatever is going wrong ought to be fixed. – Margaret Mead

Other quotes by Margaret Mead

One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you dont come home at night. – Margaret Mead

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Home
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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

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Science
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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. – Margaret Mead

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Age
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The freedom we have in America is like breathing in an entire open field of fresh air all at once. Sometimes too much air can be stifling. – Amali Ryvre, 2007

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In America, if you put your mind to it you can have anything you want. You just cant have everything you want. – Bernard Baruch

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States!… Go put your creed into your deed. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The fact is that Americans are not a thoughtful people; they are too busy to stop and question their values. – William Ralph

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