Quote by Jane Goodall
My family has very strong women. My mother never laughed at my dre

My family has very strong women. My mother never laughed at my dream of Africa, even though everyone else did because we didnt have any money, because Africa was the dark continent, and because I was a girl. – Jane Goodall

Other quotes by Jane Goodall

I thought my life was mapped out. Research, living in the forest, teaching and writing. But in 86 I went to a conference and realised the chimpanzees were disappearing. I had worldwide recognition and a gift of communication. I had to use them. – Jane Goodall

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communication
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Im highly political. I spend an awful lot of time in the U.S. trying to influence decision-makers. But I dont feel in tune with British politics. – Jane Goodall

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Politics
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Words can be said in bitterness and anger, and often there seems to be an element of truth in the nastiness. And words dont go away, they just echo around. – Jane Goodall

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Anger
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Growing up with my family gave me some of my best memories. Id like to have a family of my own – slip away for a bit and do nothing but spend those early years with my children. – Katherine Jenkins

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My family… always had the value of the family table and these cultural influences of growing up. – Emeril Lagasse

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Im not a royal family watcher. – Bill Nighy

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Family is the most important thing in the world. – Princess Diana

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Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal. – Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

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He may be a very nice man. But I havent got the time to figure that out. All I know is, hes got a uniform and a gun and I have to relate to him that way. Thats the only way to relate to him because one of us may have to die. – James Baldwin

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My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, “You’re tearing up the grass.” “We’re not raising grass,” Dad would reply. “We’re raising boys.” – Harmon Killebrew

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I have never been afraid to stand up to the leadership on issues where we disagree. If you chose to keep Cambridge Labour, then I can continue to press the Government for the things that matter to you, in a way that members of the opposition are unable to. – Anne Campbell

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