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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

Jane Goodall

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.
JANE GOODALL

Animal Different Myself People Remember
Attacks by other chimpanzees are the second most frequent cause of death at Gombe, after disease.
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Animal Death
There is a powerful force unleashed when young people resolve to make a change.
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Change Force People Powerful Young
Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved.
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Care Help Save Understand
I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.
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Animal Myself People Savage
Someday we shall look back on this dark era of agriculture and shake our heads. How could we have ever believed that it was a good idea to grow our food with poisons?
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Darkness Food Goodness Ourselves Poison
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.
JANE GOODALL

Compassionate Development Faith Intelligence Live Love Ourselves Respect Spirit Tolerance Understand Violence
Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don’t believe is right.
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Believe Change Listen People Right Start
Cruelty is a terrible thing. I believe it is the worst human sin.
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Believe Human Myself Sin Worst
Each one of us matters, has a role to play, and makes a difference. Each one of us must take responsibility for our own lives, and above all, show respect and love for living things around us, especially each other.
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Difference Live Love Ourselves Play Respect Responsibility Role Worth
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.
JANE GOODALL

Company Enjoyment Laughter Myself Thinking
Here 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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Destroy Live
We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place.
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Choice Gift Life Ourselves Place World
We can’t leave people in abject poverty, so we need to raise the standard of living for 80% of the world’s people, while bringing it down considerably for the 20% who are destroying our natural resources.
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Destroy Leaving Need People World
Some people say, that violence and war are inevitable. I say rubbish: Our brains are fully capable of controlling instinctive behavior. We’re not very good at it though, are we?
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Control Goodness People Violence War
Without patience I could never have succeeded.
JANE GOODALL

Myself Patience Success

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