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

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The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, it's that there are so many answers.
The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.
A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude.
No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions…
I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives of strong women.
Racism is an ism to which everyone in the world today is exposed; for or against, we must take sides. And the…
We grow in time to trust the future for our answers.
In world history, those who have helped to build the same culture are not necessarily of one race, and those of the…

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Biological determinism is, in its essence, a theory of limits. It takes the current status of groups as a measure of where… — Stephen Jay Gould
The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences. — Ruth Benedict
Civilization, to be worthy of the name, must afford other methods of settling human differences than those of blood letting. — Ralph Chaplin

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