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The part that always shocked me was the inter-community violence among the chimps: the patrols and the vicious attacks on strangers that lead to death. It's an unfortunate parallel to human behavior - they have a dark side just as we do. We have less excuse, because we can deliberate, so I believe only we are capable of true calculated evil.
— Jane Goodall
Tags: evil, believe, me, death

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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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