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You may not believe in evolution, and that is all right. How we humans came to be the way we are is far less important than how we should act now to get out of the mess we have made for ourselves.
Jane Goodall
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Jane Goodall
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: April 3
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Hampstead Village
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Baroness Jane van Lawick-Goodall
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Of course we're all programmed genetically to some extent. But the selfish gene thesis doesn't explain everything.
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Anyone who tries to improve the lives of animals invariably comes in for criticism from those who believe such efforts are misplaced in a world of suffering humanity.
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You cannot share your life with a dog, as I had done in Bournemouth, or a cat, and not know perfectly well that animals have personalities and minds and feelings.
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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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I think anything is better than war. The extent to which one can negotiate with fanatics, I have no idea. I don't know.
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If only we can overcome cruelty, to human and animal, with love and compassion we shall stand at the threshold of a new era in human moral and spiritual evolution - and realize, at last, our most unique quality: humanity.
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Some humans are mathematicians-others aren't.
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We could change the world tomorrow if all the millions of people around the world acted the way they believe.
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Your life matters. You can't live through a day without making an impact on the world. And what's most important is to think about the impact of your actions on the world around you.
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Chimpanzees can be quite political.
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To me, trees are living beings and they have their own sort of personalities.
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Today it is generally accepted that although the earliest humans probably ate some meat, it was unlikely to have played a major role in their diet. Plants would have been a much more important source of food.
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I don't think that faith, whatever you're being faithful about, really can be scientifically explained. And I don't want to explain this whole life business through truth, science. There's so much mystery. There's so much awe.
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I think the most important thing to do is to be willing to listen, willing to care, and willing to admit mistakes and change your ways for the better!
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It may sound trite, but young people really are the future.
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A good mother is protective but not over-protective. She's patient, she's affectionate, she's playful, but above all she is supportive.
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there have been too many events in my life, and in the lives of my friends, which have defied any kind of scientific explanation. Science does not have appropriate tools for the dissection of the spirit.
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