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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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"From the port of ideas, not only the most clever ones put out to sea and conquer the world but also the most stupid ones do this!"
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"Through your ideas, you open the window of your mind and say a hello to the world."
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"There is no battle or engagement with any institution, company or government; it is always an engagement of ideas."
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"An idea can change your fate in a wonderful way but you must first let the idea to touch your mind and your heart! No closed book can ever be your hero!"
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"Unless you close your door to other ideas, you will never remain idealess!"
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"The real battlefield is the realm of ideas."
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"Ideas are the invisible Gods of our universe!"
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"Create a good idea and leave it in the darkness; you will then see that people will come with the candles in their hands to find it, because just like the bad, the good has also a special scent!"
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"You can always borrow ideas; but unless you improve them very significantly, never behave as if they are your own!"
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"I don't like the idea of busing children all over the country. It's not safe. And there doesn't seem to be that much of an urgent need for it to be done."
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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."
Discovery
"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."
Idea
"My real father died when I was two years old, so I never knew him. He was a barber in Chicago."
Father
"But it really wasn't until three to four years later, when we had an opportunity in the lab to make very detailed observations, and comparisons with other fossil discoveries, that we realized she was a new species of human ancestor."
Opportunity
"I was aware of it, but I grew up in a very a-religious family. My mother never went to church, she never had any religious training or background. It was never a part of our social interaction."
Family
"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."
People
"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."
Time
"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."
Opportunity
"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."
Life
"One has to devote oneself to a particular pursuit. To be successful at anything, you have to make a total commitment to it."
Success
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