And as I had my father's kind of mind-which was also his mother's-I learned that the mind is not sex-typed.
And as I had my father's kind ...
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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has.
Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
Female animals defending their young are notoriously ferocious and lack the playful delight in combat which characterizes the mock combats of males of the same species. There seems very little ground for claiming that the mother of young children is more peaceful, more responsible, and more thoughtful for the welfare of the human race than is her husband or brother.
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.
Of all the peoples whom I have studied, from city dwellers to cliff dwellers, I always find that at least 50 percent would prefer to have at least one jungle between themselves and their mothers-in-law.