Joy Adamson quotes
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“Since we humans have the better brain, isn't it our responsibility to protect our fellow creatures from, oddly enough, ourselves?”
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“[On lions:] It has always seemed miraculous to me that these colossal animals can move noiselessly through the bush, and are thus able to surround one without warning.”
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“Wildlife is something which man cannot construct. Once it is gone, it is gone forever. Man can rebuild a pyramid, but he can't rebuild ecology, or a giraffe.”
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“How else could she know that it needed all the strength of my love for her to leave now and give her back to nature - to let her learn to live alone until she might find her pride - her real pride?”
-- Joy AdamsonSource : Joy Adamson (2011). “Born Free: The Story of Elsa”, p.92, Pan Macmillan
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“The best brains of the nation may be found on the last benches of the classroom.”
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“That brain of mine is something more than merely mortal; as time will show.”
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“When engaged in eating, the brain should be the servant of the stomach.”
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“It is bad enough to be bad, but to be bad in bad taste is unpardonable.”
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