Quote by Margaret Mead
Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by its

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we’ve put it in an impossible situation. – Margaret Mead

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

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One thing that was passed on from generation to generation in my family, over seven generations in 200 years, was never give up. Thats the way we live. – Nik Wallenda

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God did not intend the human family to be wafted to heaven on flowery beds of ease. – Frank Knox

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The family you come from isnt as important as the family youre going to have. – Ring Lardner

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Im thinking of a legacy that I can be proud of and wealth that my grandchildren can use to go to college. So world domination – in terms of providing for my family – is absolutely my goal. – Nicki Minaj

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