"There are certain characteristics that define a good……" — Jane Goodall
"There are certain characteristics that define a good chimp mother. She is patient, she is protective but she is not over-protective - that is really important. She is tolerant, but she can impose discipline. She is affectionate. She plays. And the most important of all: she is supportive."
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Jane Goodall
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138 Quotes by Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall has 138 quotes on this site.
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Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.
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To me, cruelty is the worst of human sins. Once we accept that a living creature has feelings and suffers…
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If you really want something, and really work hard, and take advantage of opportunities, and never give up, you will…
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Well, in some ways we're not successful at all. We're destroying our home. That's not a bit successful.
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You may not believe in evolution, and that is all right. How we humans came to be the way we…
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I don't care two hoots about civilization. I want to wander in the wild.
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I've always felt you don't have to be completely detached, emotionally uninvolved to make precise observations. There's nothing wrong with…
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It's easy to become hopeless. So people must have hope: the human brain, the resilience of nature, the energy of…
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I have found that to love and be loved is the most empowering and exhilarating of all human emotions.
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I learnt from Flo how to be mother. Flo was patient, tolerant. She was supportive. She was always there. She…
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Chimps are unbelievably like us - in biological, non-verbal ways. They can be loving and compassionate and yet they have…
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They used to ask: "How will this decision that we make today affect our people in the future?" Now we…
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We are still so close, David and I. We were at a party the other day at my mum's house…
— Victoria Beckham
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Turkeys know their names, come when you call, and are totally affectionate. They're better than teenagers.
— Elayne Boosler
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I've always wanted male friends that I could be real intimate with and talk about important things with and be…
— Kurt Cobain
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Jane was my wicked stepmother: she was generous, affectionate and resourceful; she salvaged my schooling and I owe her an…
— Martin Amis
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I'm still amazed at how my mother emerged from her lonely early life as such an affectionate and levelheaded woman.
— Hillary Clinton
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Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the soul to God, through Christ, in the strength and assistance…
— John Bunyan
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Trusting in Him, who can go with me, and remain with you and be every where for good, let us…
— Abraham Lincoln
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In this would I live; in this would I die; upon this would I dwell in my thoughts and affections,…
— John Owen
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Be a good human being, a warm-hearted affectionate person. That is my fundamental belief. Having a sense of caring, a…
— Dalai Lama
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An affectionate disposition not only makes the mind more peaceful and calm, but it affects our body in a positive…
— Dalai Lama
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There is nothing so lowering to one's self-esteem as the affectionate contempt of a beloved cat.
— Monica Edwards
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It is a curious truth that many cats enjoy warmer, more convivial, even affectionate relationships with humans than they could…
— Bruce Fogle
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