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Jane Goodall quote: “The greatest danger to our future is apathy.”
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“The greatest danger to our future is apathy.”

Jane Goodall (1934) British primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist

"The Power of One", Time Magazine (26 August 2002)

Jane Goodall quote: “Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have?”
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“Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have?”

Jane Goodall (1934) British primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist
Alan Watts quote: “It comes only in the awareness that one has no self to love.”
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“It comes only in the awareness that one has no self to love.”

Alan Watts (1915–1973) British philosopher, writer and speaker

The Wisdom of Insecurity (1951)
Context: There is no formula for generating the authentic warmth of love. It cannot be copied. You cannot talk yourself into it or rouse it by straining at the emotions or by dedicating yourself solemnly to the service of mankind. Everyone has love, but it can only come out when he is convinced of the impossibility and the frustration of trying to love himself. This conviction will not come through condemnations, through hating oneself, through calling self love bad names in the universe. It comes only in the awareness that one has no self to love.

Mark Twain quote: “Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”
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“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Frédéric Chopin quote: “I tell my piano the things I used to tell you”
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“I tell my piano the things I used to tell you”

Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) Polish composer
Hedy Lamarr quote: “Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.”
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“Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.”

Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000) Austrian-American actress and co-inventor of an early technique for spread spectrum communications and freq…

As quoted in The Stars (1962) by Richard Schickel

Sigmund Freud quote: “Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.”
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“Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.”

Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) Austrian neurologist known as the founding father of psychoanalysis

Letter to Wilhelm Fliess (15 October 1897), as quoted in Origins of Psychoanalysis
1890s

Mark Twain quote: “If you don't read the newspaper, you are uninformed. If you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed.”
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“If you don't read the newspaper, you are uninformed. If you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

No known source in Twain's works.
The earliest known source is a Usenet post from November 2000 https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=israel.francophones/j_b0peHVcJw/YN5cG6Pdk6QJ.
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