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"I can't think of any other region in the world which is such a vast source of fossils."
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"The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down."
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"One could laugh at the world better if it didn't mix tender kindliness with its brutality."
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"So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground."
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"I am a citizen of the world."
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"I have discovered that there are two types of command interfaces in the world of computing: good interfaces and user interfaces."
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"It was a world that I wanted to record because it was such a miracle visitation to me."
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"Those who are lifting the world upward and onward are those who encourage more than criticize."
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"Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords."
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"I enter the world called real as one enters a mist."
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"There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning."
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"I can't think of any other region in the world which is such a vast source of fossils."
World

"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

"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."
Years

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

"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

"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

"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

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

"The land is not in the least bit fertile and yet the cattle herds grow larger and larger. A cow represents capital investment here."
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"The problem is that during the 1980s, a decade of heavy poaching, the elephants retreated to safer areas. And now people have moved into the corridors once used by the elephants."
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