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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

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Jane Goodall
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: April 3
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I believe that accurate knowledge is very, very important, but find that out in free time. Don't let it take over every hour of the day. Perhaps most important, talk about it.
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Chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutan shave been living for hundreds of thousands of years in their forest,living fantastic lives, never overpopulating, never destroying the forest. I would say that they have been in a way more successful than us as far as being in harmony with the environment.
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It's the bond between mother and child, which is really for us and for chimps and other primates, the root of all the expressions of social behavior.
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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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If a chimp who has been abused horribly by humans can help a human friend in a time of need, how much more should we help the animals - and other people for that matter - in their time of need?
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I have never had an animal that didn't have a personality, one differing from another.
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But does that mean that war and violence are inevitable? I would argue not because we have also evolved this amazingly sophisticated intellect, and we are capable of controlling our innate behavior a lot of the time.
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But let us not forget that human love and compassion are equally deeply rooted in our primate heritage, and in this sphere too our sensibilities are of a higher order of magnitude than those of chimpanzees.
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As a child, we couldn't afford holidays overseas, so instead I travelled through books. I was inspired by Dr Dolittle and Tarzan.
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We, as humans, have actually developed a sense of social responsibility. We have gone beyond our basic instincts.
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Successful actors and actresses have to get themselves into their roles before acting. Therefore, you need to really care about what you are saying.
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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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As human beings, we can encompass a vague feeling of what the universe is, and all in this funny little brain here - so there has to be something more than just brain, it has to be something to do with spirit as well.
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Cumulatively small decisions, choices, actions, make a very big difference.
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Every single day, we could be in a motorcar accident, so, we have to carry on with our lives, and not imagine terror around every corner.
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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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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 believe the only hope for mankind lies in the hands of our young people.
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