Mary Catherine Bateson
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"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. Among her books is With a Daughter's Eye: A Memoir of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson, a recounting of her upbringing by two famous parents. She has taught at Harvard University/Harvard, Amherst College/Amherst, and George Mason University, among others. Bateson is a fellow of the International Leadership Forum and was president of the Institute for Intercultural Studies in New York until 2010.

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The Christian tradition was passed on to me as a great rich mixture, a bouillabaisse of human imagination and wonder brewed from the richness of individual lives.

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.

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.

The family is changing not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new metaphors.

Goals too clearly defined can become blinkers.

Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten.

There are few things as toxic as a bad metaphor. You can't think without metaphors.

The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy.

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.