And always I have this feeling-which may not be true at all-that I am being used as a messenger.
JANE GOODALLNature can win if we give her a chance.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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Peace starts within.
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And so began one of the most exciting periods of my life, the time of discovery.
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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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He had instigated a detailed study of the limb bones and locomotor patterns of a number of modern antelopes; the functions of varying bone structures of their legs could then be ascertained. Then, from the structure of fossil antelope bones reconstructed their movements.
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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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Attacks by other chimpanzees are the second most frequent cause of death at Gombe, after disease.
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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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If we do not do something to help these creatures, we make a mockery of the whole concept of justice.
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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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Lasting change is a series of compromises. And compromise is all right, as long your values don’t change.
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The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves
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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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Nature can win if we give her a chance.
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Here was a chimpanzee using a tool. That was object modification- the crude beginning of tool making.
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Without patience I could never have succeeded.
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