I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives of strong women.
From Ruth Benedict
No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking.
Culture is not a biologically transmitted complex.
I have always used the world of make-believe with a certain desperation.
The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.
The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, it's that there are so many answers.
Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.
The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community.
We grow in time to trust the future for our answers.
I haven't strength of mind not to need a career.
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