Chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans have 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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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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What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
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I had been told from school onwards that the best definition of a human being was man the tool-maker - yet I had just watched a chimp tool-maker in action. I remember that day as vividly as if it was yesterday.
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I think the most important thing is to keep active and to hope that your mind stays active.
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It was because the chimps are so eye-catching, so like us and teach us so much that my work was recognised worldwide.
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