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Above all we must realize that each of us makes a difference with our life. Each of us impacts the world around us every single day. We have a choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place - or not to bother

Jane Goodall

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Jane Goodall
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: April 3
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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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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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There would be very little point in my exhausting myself and other conservationists themselves in trying to protect animals and habitats if we weren't at the same time raising young people to be better stewards.
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Cumulatively small decisions, choices, actions, make a very big difference.
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Well, in some ways we're not successful at all. We're destroying our home. That's not a bit successful.
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At some point, my body will collapse. But I hope that my brain will still be working so that I can carry on with writing.
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I don't spend that much time being introspective, believe it or not. All I know is that I grew up not questioning God because that's how you are. God was there like the birds and the wind.
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If plants could be credited with reasoning powers, we would marvel at the imaginative ways they bribe or ensnare other creatures to carry out their wishes.
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In a very unscientific statement, I feel that there's been a disconnect between this clever brain and the heart.
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Chimpanzees can be quite political.
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I was the sort of person who didn't care about hairdressing and clothes and parties and boyfriends. I really wanted to be in the wild.
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I believe that the tragedy [like terror attack] that's caused so much grief and suffering to so many thousands and thousands of people has also served as a call to action, because many people now are re-examining their own value systems, and the churches, temples, mosques and cathedrals are packed to overflowing for the first time in years.
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Animals were my passion from even before I could speak apparently. When I was about 10, 11 I fell in love with Tarzan.
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If harsher laws are put in place, less will dare to break them.
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We are beginning to learn that each animal has a life and a place and a role in this world. If we place compassion and care in the middle of all our dealings with the animal world and honor and respect their lives, our attitudes will change.
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The cheapest and most efficient way of slowing down global warming is to protect and restore the forests, particularly the tropical forests
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To reconnect with nature is key if we want to save the planet.
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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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Some humans are mathematicians-others aren't.
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My hope for the future is that we learn wisdom again.
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