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Chimps can do all sorts of things we thought that only we could do - like tool-making and abstraction and generalisation. They can learn a language - sign language - and they can use the signs. But when you think of our intellects, even the brightest chimp looks like a very small child.
— Jane Goodall
Tags: looks, language, think, you

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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.
— Jane Goodall
Tags: believe, time, you, god
What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
— Jane Goodall
Tags: inspiration
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.
— Jane Goodall
Tags: school, day, man, best
I think the most important thing is to keep active and to hope that your mind stays active.
— Jane Goodall
Tags: important, think, mind, hope
It was because the chimps are so eye-catching, so like us and teach us so much that my work was recognised worldwide.
— Jane Goodall
Tags: teach, us, like, work
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