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Dian Fossey Quotes: I had a wonderful contact, especially with Uncle Bert who was an angel and led the whole group over to my side of a steep ravine I could not cross to get over to them
         

I had a wonderful contact, especially with Uncle Bert who was an angel and led the whole group over to my side of a steep ravine I could not cross to get over to them


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When you realize the value of all life, you dwell less on what is past and concentrate more on the preservation of the future.

When you realize the value of all life, you dwell less on what is past and concentrate more on the preservation of the future.



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I feel more comfortable with gorillas than people. I can anticipate what a gorilla's going to do, and they're purely motivated.



I have no friends. The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people.

I have no friends. The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people.



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The man who kills the animals today is the man who kills the people who get in his way tomorrow.



I had this great urge... I had it the day I was born. Some may call it destiny. My parents and friends called it dismaying.

I had this great urge... I had it the day I was born. Some may call it destiny. My parents and friends called it dismaying.



One of the basic steps in saving a threatened species is to learn more about it: its diet, its mating and reproductive processes, its range patterns, its social behavior.

One of the basic steps in saving a threatened species is to learn more about it: its diet, its mating and reproductive processes, its range patterns, its social behavior.



Gorillas are almost altruistic in nature. There's very little if any 'me-itis.' When I get back to civilization I'm always appalled by 'me, me, me.'

Gorillas are almost altruistic in nature. There's very little if any 'me-itis.' When I get back to civilization I'm always appalled by 'me, me, me.'



It was their individuality combined with the shyness of their behavior that remained the most captivating impression of this first encounter with the greatest of the great apes.

It was their individuality combined with the shyness of their behavior that remained the most captivating impression of this first encounter with the greatest of the great apes.



[About gorillas] You take these fine, regal animals. How many (human) fathers have the same sense of paternity? How many human mothers are more caring? The family structure is unbelievably strong.

[About gorillas] You take these fine, regal animals. How many (human) fathers have the same sense of paternity? How many human mothers are more caring? The family structure is unbelievably strong.



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The extraordinary gentleness of the adult male with his young dispels all the King Kong mythology.





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