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Whoever rises to deliver the inaugural Address of 2013 will speak to a nation in which the American Dream is under profound economic and cultural pressure. This is perhaps best measured by the state of the middle class. ↗

— Jon Meacham

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What gives it its human character is that the individual through language addresses himself in the role of the others in the group and thus becomes aware of them in his own conduct. ↗

— George H. Mead

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Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship. ↗

— Margaret Mead

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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. ↗

— Margaret Mead

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A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. ↗

— Margaret Mead

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One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don't come home at night. ↗

— Margaret Mead

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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. ↗

— Margaret Mead

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A city is a place where there is no need to wait for next week to get the answer to a question, to taste the food of any country, to find new voices to listen to and familiar ones to listen to again. ↗

— Margaret Mead

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And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we began is now its own. ↗

— Margaret Mead

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I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce. ↗

— Margaret Mead

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