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Mary Catherine Bateson [1939-0] American

Rank: 107
Scientist, Writer

Mary Catherine Bateson is an American writer and cultural anthropologist.
A graduate of the Brearley School, Bateson is the daughter of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson.
Bateson is a noted author in her field with many published monographs.

Death, Fear, Food, Teacher

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The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it.	Death	101
Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten.	Fear, Teacher	102
Of any stopping place in life, it is good to ask whether it will be a good place from which to go on as well as a good place to remain.		103
Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.		104
No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a really nice man who wishes she were not.		105
Human beings do not eat nutrients, they eat food.	Food	106
Goals too clearly defined can become blinkers.		107
The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy.		108
There are few things as toxic as a bad metaphor. You can't think without metaphors.		109
The family is changing, not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new metaphors.		110
Fluidity and discontinuity are central to the reality in which we live.		111

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