We find animals doing things that we, in our arrogance, used to think was just human .
JANE GOODALLHere we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have?
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So, let us move forward with faith in ourselves, in our intelligence, in our indomitable spirit. Let us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion and love.
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It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.
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I’d like to be remembered as someone who really helped people to have a little humility and realize that we are part of the animal kingdom, not separated from it.
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Attacks by other chimpanzees are the second most frequent cause of death at Gombe, after disease.
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Without patience I could never have succeeded.
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How can you stop yourself from yelling and shouting and accusing everyone of cruelty? The easy answer is that the aggressive approach simply doesn’t work.
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I think the best evenings are when we have messages, things that make us think, but we can also laugh and enjoy each other’s company.
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We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place–or not to bother
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Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.
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The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves
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From the moment when, staring into the eyes of a chimpanzee, I saw a thinking, reasoning personality looking back.
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Very few Westerners, I thought, could tolerate such a way of life- for it would mean having to forgo the luxuries which we had come to think of as necessities.
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I don’t have any idea of who or what God is. But I do believe in some great spiritual power. I feel it particularly when I’m out in nature. It’s just something that’s bigger and stronger than what I am or what anybody is. I feel it. And it’s enough for me.
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I never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.
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If we do not do something to help these creatures, we make a mockery of the whole concept of justice.
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