Louise Leakey quotes
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“Who are we? That is the big question. And essentially we are just an upright, walking, big brained, super intelligent ape.”
-- Louise LeakeySource : "A dig for humanity's origins". TED Talk, www.ted.com. February 2008.
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“What is it that really makes us, us? It's our collective intelligence. It's our ability to write things down, our language and our consciousness.”
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“If you want to become a fossil, you need to die somewhere where your bones will be rapidly buried. You then hope that the Earth moves in such a way as to bring the bones back up to the surface.”
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“Its important to remember that we evolved. Now, I know thats a dirty word for some people, but we evolved from common ancestors with the gorillas, the chimpanzee and also the bonobos. We have a common past, and we have a common future.”
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“My father so appropriately put it that we are certainly the only animal that makes conscious choices that are bad for our survival as a species.”
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“In the rush of todays world, and with more than half of us now living in cities, the majority of people are less and less connected with the spectacle of nature.”
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“I think when you work on fossils, and you realize that a species is there, and it's abundant for quite a long period of time, and then at some point it's no longer there - and so, when you look at that bigger picture, yes, you realize that either you change and adapt, or, as a species, you go extinct.”
-- Louise LeakeySource : "Louise Leakey: Where Did Human Beings Originate?". "TED Radio Hour" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. October 24, 2014.
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“In the rush of today's world, and with more than half of us now living in cities, the majority of people are less and less connected with the spectacle of Nature.”
-- Louise LeakeySource : "WATCH: Is The Human Race In Danger Of Becoming Extinct Soon?" by Louise Leakey, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 5, 2013.
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Source : Interview with Anna Maria Hong, www.pw.org. August 13, 2004.
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Source : "Paroles d'un sage: Choix de pensées d'African Spir" ("Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir") by Hélène Claparède-Spir, (p. 48), 1937.
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“Big Dreams start with small unreasonable acts”
Source : Adam Braun (2015). “The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change”, p.75, Simon and Schuster
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“I would like to sing the theme tune of a big film - something like 'Titanic.”
Source : "Abba set for reunion as Agnetha admits, 'I have a dream'" by Alex Duval Smith, www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2011.
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“I think one of the big things about comedy is the ability for the audience to identify.”
Source : "'Getting to Take on That Life Temporarily'". Interview with Kathryn Borel, Jr., logger.believermag.com. July 21, 2015.
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