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I never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.

Jane Goodall

And so began one of the most exciting periods of my life, the time of discovery.
JANE GOODALL

Beginning Excitement Life Myself Time
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.
JANE GOODALL

Destroy Leaving Need People World
Sometimes I [longed to be a chimp] I just wanted to know. what it felt like in the evening to be making a nest and what it felt like to be a female when a big male comes thundering in.
JANE GOODALL

Animal Man Myself Woman
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?
JANE GOODALL

Darkness Food Goodness Ourselves Poison
The greatest danger to our future is apathy.
JANE GOODALL

Danger Future Greatness Ourselves
Only if we understand, will we care. Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help, shall all be saved.
JANE GOODALL

Care Help Nature Save Understand
Nature can win if we give her a chance.
JANE GOODALL

Nature Win
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.
JANE GOODALL

Anger Easy Simplicity Stop Yourself
The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves
JANE GOODALL

Animal Help Myself Support Talk Voice
As thy days, so shall thy strength be.
JANE GOODALL

Prayer Strength
But let us not forget that human love and compassion are equally deeply rooted in our primate heritage, and in this sphere too our sensibilities are of a higher order of magnitude than those of chimpanzees.
JANE GOODALL

Animal Compassionate Equality Forget Human Love Ourselves
There is a powerful force unleashed when young people resolve to make a change.
JANE GOODALL

Change Force People Powerful Young
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.
JANE GOODALL

Life Luxury Myself Necessary Thinking Tolerance
People said, Jane, forget about this nonsense with Africa. Dream about things you can achieve.
JANE GOODALL

Achievement Dream Forget People
We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
JANE GOODALL

Human Love Ourselves Potential
We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place–or not to bother
JANE GOODALL

Choice Gift Ourselves Place

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