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Donald Johanson

"When I realized, in 1978, that Lucy did represent a new species of human ancestor, and that I had an opportunity to name this new species, I realized this was a revolutionary step in understanding human origins."

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"When I realized, in 1978, that Lucy did represent a new species of human ancestor, and that I had an opportunity to name this new species, I realized this was a revolutionary step in understanding human origins."

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A.E. Samaan

"The window of opportunity is always open, just you have to find it."

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A.E. Samaan

"Where ignorance prevails, there an opportunity exists but the possessor of ignorance shall always be ignorant of opportunities."

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A.E. Samaan

"He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner."

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A.E. Samaan

"Today is the day you've been waiting for."

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A.E. Samaan

"Opportunity is always coming but never knocks on the door. You have to get up and meet him."

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A.E. Samaan

"Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it."

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A.E. Samaan

"You must explore the timeless opportunities in life."

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A.E. Samaan

"It was so strange, the way that life moved forward: the twists and the dead ends, the sudden opportunities. She supposed if you could predict or foresee everything that was going to happen, you'd lose the motivation to go through it all. The promise was always in the possibility."

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A.E. Samaan

"There will never be another day such as this one, with all the variables of life combining in such a way to form this opportunity. So don't let it go, grab it."

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A.E. Samaan

"Because I was successful over the years, I never had the opportunity to do the stuff I really wanted."

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Donald Johanson
"One has to devote oneself to a particular pursuit. To be successful at anything, you have to make a total commitment to it."

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Donald Johanson
"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."

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Donald Johanson
"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."

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Donald Johanson
"Scientists are very afraid of being proven wrong."

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Donald Johanson
"I realized immediately that this was a terribly important discovery, but I didn't realize how important it would be until we had spent a lot of time in the laboratory studying it."

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Donald Johanson
"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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Donald Johanson
"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."

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Donald Johanson
"This was the most important discovery I had ever made in my life. It was a discovery which has irrevocably changed my whole life's direction. It immediately elevated me to the status of one of the world's leading anthropologists."

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Donald Johanson
"My real father died when I was two years old, so I never knew him. He was a barber in Chicago."

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Donald Johanson
"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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