From the moment when, staring into the eyes of a chimpanzee, I saw a thinking, reasoning personality looking back.
JANE GOODALLA sense of calm came over me. More and more often I found myself thinking, This is where I belong. This is what I came into this world to do.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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The least I can do is speak out for the hundreds of chimpanzees who, right now, sit hunched, miserable and without hope, staring out with dead eyes from their metal prisons. They cannot speak for themselves.
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We find animals doing things that we, in our arrogance, used to think was just human .
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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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And so began one of the most exciting periods of my life, the time of discovery.
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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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Only if we understand, will we care. Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help, shall all be saved.
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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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The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves
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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 actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.
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I never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.
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Attacks by other chimpanzees are the second most frequent cause of death at Gombe, after disease.
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You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
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It was a reward far beyond my greatest hopes.
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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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