I haven't strength of mind not to need a career.

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Culture is not a biologically transmitted complex.

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We grow in time to trust the future for our answers.

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Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.

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I have always used the world of make-believe with a certain desperation.

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The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.

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I gambled on having the strength to live two lives, one for myself and one for the world.

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The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, it's that there are so many answers.

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I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives of strong women.

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A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude.

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