Donald Johanson quotes
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“Commitment, belief and positive attitude are all important if you're going to be a success, whether you're in sports, in business or, as in my case, anthropology.”
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“There have been some friendships lost over this. That's the most difficult for me. I find it very uncomfortable to know that I was at one time close friends with someone, and because of jealousies and misunderstandings and so on, these friendships have dissolved.”
-- Donald JohansonSource : "The Quest for Human Origins". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. January 25, 1991.
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“Evolution explains our biological evolution, but human beings are very unique creatures. As the Dobzhansky said, all animals are unique; humans are the uniquest. And that uniqueness of being human, language, art, culture, our dependency on culture for survival, comes from the combination of traditional biological evolution.”
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“When the first fossils began to be found in eastern Africa, in the late 1950s, I thought, what a wonderful marriage this was, biology and anthropology. I was around 16 years old when I made this particular choice of academic pursuit.”
-- Donald JohansonSource : "The Quest for Human Origins". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. January 25, 1991.
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“One has to devote oneself to a particular pursuit. To be successful at anything, you have to make a total commitment to it.”
-- Donald JohansonSource : "Stephen Frears: 'Audiences aren't fools - their judgement is crucial'" by Nick Fraser, www.theguardian.com. August 14, 2010.
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“Normally, we are happy to find a fragment of jaw, a few isolated teeth, a bit of an arm, a bit of a skull. But to find associated body parts is extremely rare.”
-- Donald JohansonSource : "The Quest for Human Origins". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. January 25, 1991.
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“Lucy brought with her an image of our human ancestors that you don't get when you find a jaw or an arm bone or a leg bone. Here was 40 percent of a single skeleton.”
-- Donald JohansonSource : "The Quest for Human Origins". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. January 25, 1991.
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“But what really excited me was the idea that humans had a tremendous pre-history that went back millions of years. I wanted to go to Africa to find some of these creatures.”
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“In our case, finding a Lucy is unique. No one will ever find another Lucy. You can't order one from a biological supply house. It's a unique discovery, a unique specimen.”
-- Donald JohansonSource : "The Quest for Human Origins". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. January 25, 1991.
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“Scientists are very afraid of being proven wrong.”
-- Donald JohansonSource : "The Quest for Human Origins". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. January 25, 1991.
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“My real father died when I was two years old, so I never knew him. He was a barber in Chicago.”
-- Donald JohansonSource : "The Quest for Human Origins". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. January 25, 1991.
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“As an undergraduate, I had an opportunity to go on a number of archeological digs. So I had experience excavating, digging up remains of ancient Indian villages in the Midwest and in the Southwest.”
-- Donald JohansonSource : "The Quest for Human Origins". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. January 25, 1991.
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“And what I wanted to do was, I wanted to explore problems and areas where we didn't have answers. In fact, where we didn't even know the right questions to ask.”
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“Most Achievers I Know Are People Who Have Made A Strong And Deep Dedication to Pursuing A Particular Goal. That Dedication Took A Tremendous Amount Of Effort.”
-- Donald JohansonSource : "The Quest for Human Origins". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. January 25, 1991.
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“I think that many of my ideas are correct, but I'll bet you, before my death other discoveries will be made that will prompt me to alter various ideas I have about human evolution.”
-- Donald JohansonSource : "The Quest for Human Origins". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. January 25, 1991.
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“One has to take initiative in life to achieve what he or she wants.”
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