Jane Goodall Quotes - Page 2

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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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  Successful, Fantastic Life, Years

  Interview with Virginia Morell, discovermagazine.com. March 28, 2007.

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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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  God, Spiritual, Compassion

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• To reconnect with nature is key if we want to save the planet.

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  Keys, Want, Planets

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right.

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  Change, Leadership, Believe

  FaceBook post by Dr. Jane Goodall from Jul 18, 2016

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• It is these undeniable qualities of human love and compassion and self-sacrifice that give me hope for the future. We are, indeed, often cruel and evil. Nobody can deny this. We gang up on each one another, we torture each other, with words as well as deeds, we fight, we kill. But we are also capable of the most noble, generous, and heroic behavior.

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  Fighting, Sacrifice, Compassion

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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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  Believe, People, World

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• When I look back over my life it's almost as if there was a plan laid out for me - from the little girl who was so passionate about animals who longed to go to Africa and whose family couldn't afford to put her through college. Everyone laughed at my dreams. I was supposed to be a secretary in Bournemouth.

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  Girl, Dream, College

  "New mission for chimps' champion". Interview with Ros Coward, www.theguardian.com. October 10, 2004.

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• We are unique. Chimpanzees are unique. Dogs are unique. But we humans are just not as different as we used to think.

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  Dog, Unique, Thinking

  "Jane Goodall Works To Help Humans, Too". "Science Friday" with Ira Flatow, www.npr.org. February 12, 2010.

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• Chimps are far too much human to be my favorite animal.

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  Animal, Too Much, My Favorite

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The voice of the natural world would be, "Could you please give us space and leave us alone to get along with our own lives and our own ways, because we actually know much better how to do it then when you start interfering."

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  Zoos, Space, Voice

  Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 1, 2010.

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• I became intensely aware of the being-ness of trees. The feel of rough sun-warmed bark of an ancient forest giant, or the cool, smooth skin of a young and eager sapling, gave me a strange, intuitive sense of the sap as it was sucked up by unseen roots and drawn up to the very tips of the branches, high overhead.

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  Roots, Tree, Skins

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• Every individual matters and has a role to play in this life on Earth.

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  Play, Roles, Earth

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• Animals are as deserving of a place on this planet as we are, and the difference between us is that humans have a voice they can use to help the animal cause, and it is up to all of us to use it to make a positive difference!

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  Animal, Voice, Differences

  "Conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall: Empathizing with Animals and Touching People's Hearts". Interview with Lauren Kearney, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• My mission is to create a world where we can live in harmony with nature.

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  World, Harmony, Missions

  "Then & Now: Jane Goodall". CNN Interview, edition.cnn.com. June 19, 2005.

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• Children can change the world.

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  Children, World, Changing The World

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• The only possible way to get somebody to change is to reach into their hearts.

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  Heart, Way

  "Even Chimps Understand Sustainability". Interview with Philip Bethge and Johann Grolle, www.spiegel.de. October 7, 2015.

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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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  Attitude, Compassion, Animal

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• The most important thing is to actually think about what you do. To become aware and actually think about the effect of what you do on the environment and on society. That's key, and that underlies everything else.

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  Thinking, Keys, Important

  "Going Blue: A Teen Guide to Saving Our Oceans, Lakes, Rivers, & Wetlands". Book by Cathryn Berger Kaye, Philippe Cousteau, 2010.

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• Farm animals are far more aware and intelligent than we ever imagined and, despite having been bred as domestic slaves, they are individual beings in their own right. As such, they deserve our respect. And our help. Who will plead for them if we are silent? Thousands of people who say they ‘love’ animals sit down once or twice a day to enjoy the flesh of creatures who have been treated so with little respect and kindness just to make more meat.

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  Kindness, Animal, Intelligent

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• Here we are, arguably the most intelligent being that's ever walked planet Earth, with this extraordinary brain ... and yet we're destroying the only home we have.

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  Motivation, Inspiration, Home

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• My mother always taught us that if people don't agree with you, the important thing is to listen to them. But if you've listened to them carefully and you still think that you're right, then you must have the courage of your convictions.

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  Mother, Thinking, Taught Us

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• I urge you to read Eternal Treblinka and think deeply about its important message.

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  Thinking, Important, Messages

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• That's what keeps me going. Everywhere I go there are young people with shining eyes wanting to tell me, "Dr. Jane, we're going to make the world a better place."

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  Eye, People, Shining

  "Jane Goodall Trade Chimps For Bears In New Disney Movie". Interview with Carly Ledbetter, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 18, 2014.

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• It would be absolutely useless for any of us to work to save wildlife without working to educate the next generation of conservationists.

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  Would Be, Generations, Useless

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• Become as knowledgeable as possible.

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  Knowledgeable

  "Conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall: Empathizing with Animals and Touching People's Hearts". Interview with Lauren Kearney, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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