"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, Order, Will

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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."

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"To get where you want to go, the first question you always have to answer is Where am I? ... We only find out where we are when we find out where He is. We only find ourselves... when we find Him."

Ann Voskamp, Canadian Author

Discovery, Faith, Identity, Presence

"But that was what research and development were like. Full of semi-triumphs and perplexing unforeseen consequences like the whole violent hiccuping thing when conjuring up fire - or the propensity for fillings to fall out of bystanders' teeth when attempting to tease a rainstorm out of a cloud."

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Discovery, Research, Failure, Chaos

"A man's errors are his portals of discovery."

James Joyce, Irish Novelist

Discovery, Errors, Man

"For me, a journey to Damascus is an amazing hunt from beginning to end, a slice through layers of history in search of treasure."

Tahir Shah, British Author

Discovery, Journey, History, Curiosity

"Heaven can be found in the most unlikely corners."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Discovery, Heaven, Hope, Light, Peace

"It often horrified the English community that she spent her time with local farmers and horse traders, eccentrics and mystics, but she valued expertise over convention and had long believed if you were going to make discoveries in the world you must first quit your Englishness and open your eyes."

Sara Sheridan, Scottish Author

Discovery, Expertise, Learning, Values

"You certainly usually find something if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

Discovery, Expectation, Reality, Surprise

"The power of the sky can be made to do men's bidding. There are no limits to its secrets and its might, and it can be made to grant us anything if we but choose to ask."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

Discovery, Power, Sky, Secrets, Nature

"If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new."

Voltaire, French Writer

Discovery, Novelty, Life, Hope

"We go on our hands and knees and crawl our way towards the truth."

Ian McEwan, British Author

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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."

Marriage

"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

"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."

Body

"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."

Experience

"Scientists are very afraid of being proven wrong."

Being

"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

"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

"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."

Death