I love dogs, not chimps. Some chimps are nice, and some are horrid. I don’t actually think of them as animals any more than I think of us as animals, although both of us are.
JANE GOODALLNature can win if we give her a chance.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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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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Attacks by other chimpanzees are the second most frequent cause of death at Gombe, after disease.
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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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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.
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One thing I had learned from watching chimpanzees with their infants is that having a child should be fun.
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The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.
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The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves
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What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
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I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.
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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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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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Only when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our true potential.
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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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That is our hope. Because if we all start listening and helping, then surely, together, we can make the world a better place for all living things. Can’t we?
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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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