I never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.
JANE GOODALLOne thing I had learned from watching chimpanzees with their infants is that having a child should be fun.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.
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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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We find animals doing things that we, in our arrogance, used to think was just human .
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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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It was a reward far beyond my greatest hopes.
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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.
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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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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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Thousands of people who say they ‘love’ animals sit down once or twice a day to enjoy the flesh of creatures who have been utterly deprived of everything that could make their lives worth living and who endured the awful suffering and the terrors of the abattoirs
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People said, Jane, forget about this nonsense with Africa. Dream about things you can achieve.
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We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place.
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And so began one of the most exciting periods of my life, the time of discovery.
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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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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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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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