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Richard Leakey

"Whether or not all this came to pass in an East African ditch, I wouldn't like to say. Perhaps it happened in North Africa or further west, but Africa was definitely the place."

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"Whether or not all this came to pass in an East African ditch, I wouldn't like to say. Perhaps it happened in North Africa or further west, but Africa was definitely the place."

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Vera Miles

"Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We could begin to heal."

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Vera Miles

"Out of 30 years of Second City I was probably the third African-American with the main stage cast. I was surprised when I first heard that. I think part of the reason that improvisation has never been popular with African-Americans is that it isn't popular in the inner cities."

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Vera Miles

"The first job I had with the Smithsonian was as a field researcher among African American communities in Southwest Louisiana and Arkansas for the festival."

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Vera Miles

"One researcher just determined that African and Indian elephants make each other sick. When a new animal or plant is introduced to a habitat bad things happen. The biggest danger to native wildlife is foreign wildlife."

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Vera Miles

"Really, the potential for, first of all, any college graduate today is enormously good. These are good times for anyone with a college degree today, particularly African Americans. With a college degree today, you really breach the unemployment rate."

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Vera Miles

"Liberal whites are the greatest enemy of African Americans."

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Vera Miles

"Republicans have called for a National African-American Museum. The plan is being held up by finding a location that isn't in their neighborhood."

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Vera Miles

"I am consciously trying not to make it sound Celtic or African."

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Vera Miles

"When you talk about evangelicals, don't forget that a significant proportion of the evangelical community is African American. And most African Americans - well over 90 percent, thoroughly evangelical, thoroughly biblical - will probably vote Democratic."

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Vera Miles

"I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist."

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Richard Leakey
"I can't think of any other region in the world which is such a vast source of fossils."

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Richard Leakey
"Elephants can live to an age of up to 70 or 80 years and they have a good memory. It could be they come across an area that is experiencing a drought. Then they continue on their path and run into people."

Age

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Richard Leakey
"Sadly, I am not able to take part in the fieldwork myself so much anymore, as both of my legs were amputated following an airplane crash twelve years ago."

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Richard Leakey
"We think that groups of between 30 and 40 early men would have settled in an area measuring a hundred square kilometers."

Men

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Richard Leakey
"For fossils to thrive, certain favorable circumstances are required. First of all, of course, remnants of life have to be there. These then need to be washed over with water as soon as possible, so that the bones are covered with a layer of sediment."

Life

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Richard Leakey
"We hope to find more pieces of the puzzle which will shed light on the connection between this upright, walking ape, our early ancestor, and modern man."

Hope

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Richard Leakey
"Whether or not all this came to pass in an East African ditch, I wouldn't like to say. Perhaps it happened in North Africa or further west, but Africa was definitely the place."

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Richard Leakey
"A number of scientists with greatly different backgrounds can come up with completely different assessments. The discussions or controversies are endless. Once a year, we try to bring the most important discoverers together to exchange their experiences and knowledge."

Knowledge

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Richard Leakey
"Along the borders to Ethiopia and Somalia, anarchy reigns, the police and military have retreated quite some distance."

Anarchy

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Richard Leakey
"The land is not in the least bit fertile and yet the cattle herds grow larger and larger. A cow represents capital investment here."

Investment

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