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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War had always seemed to me to be a purely human behavior. Accounts of warlike behavior date back to the very first written records of human history it seemed to be an almost universal characteristic of human groups. – Jane Goodall

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History
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When I began in 1960, individuality wasnt an accepted thing to look for it was about species-specific behaviour. But animal behaviour is not hard science. Theres room for intuition. – Jane Goodall

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Science
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Getting a family into work, supporting strong relationships, getting parents off drugs and out of debt – all this can do more for a childs well-being than any amount of money in out-of-work benefits. – Iain Duncan Smith

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I was angry and frustrated until I started my own family and my first child was born. Until then I didnt really appreciate life the way I should have, but fortunately I woke up. – Johnny Depp

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Family

I dont think a female running a house is a problem, a broken family. Its perceived as one because of the notion that a head is a man. – Toni Morrison

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Family

When you look at a family, if you have a family that never interacts with each other, never has strong conversation with each other, never has disagreements, nine times out of ten you have a very cold family and theyre not going to be, at the end, theyre not going to be close. – Mike Singletary

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Family

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Mans loneliness is but his fear of life. – Eugene ONeill

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The less food, the more time to talk, the more to talk about. – Damon Wayans

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The individual, man as a man, man as a brain, if you like, interests me more than what he makes, because Ive noticed that most artists only repeat themselves. – Marcel Duchamp

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If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground. – Henrik Ibsen

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